Systems, methods, and apparatus for recording broadband content

摘要

Systems, methods, and apparatus for recording broadband content are provided. A user command to record desired content included in broadband content output by a service provider may be received by a programming processing component configured to receive the output broadband content. The programming processing component may determine whether the desired content will be recorded by the programming processing component. If it is determined that the desired content will be recorded by the programming processing component, then the desired content may be stored by the programming processing component in at least one memory. If it is determined that the desired content will not be recorded by the programming processing component, then a request to record the desired content may be communicated by the programming processing component to a content recording server.

主权项

1. A programming processing component comprising:
at least one communications interface configured to receive broadband content output by a service provider; at least one user interface configured to receive a user command to record desired content included in the output broadband content; at least one memory; and at least one processor configured to:
store information associated with the user command in a recording queue;determine, based at least in part on the stored information in the recording queue, that a point in time for recording the desired content has been reached;determine, at the point in time, that the desired content will not be recorded by the programming processing component, wherein the determining the desired content will not be recorded is based at least in part on an evaluation of when the recorded content will likely be requested for viewing by the user and an evaluation of one or more recording parameters comprising at least a bandwidth available for local recording or an estimate of future bandwidth requirements;determine, based at least in part on historical data, that a first content scheduled for recording is likely to be viewed prior to a second content scheduled for recording;direct a communication request to record the desired content to a content recording server via a network;receive, via the communications interface, a response to the communication request, the response comprising a unique identifier indicating a memory location at which the desired content has been stored on the content recording server;store the unique identifier in the at least one memory; andrequest the download of the desired content based at least in part on a determination of when the desired content is likely to be viewed.