Parallel television based media recording

摘要

A control device that interacts with a television system. The control device may receive a user input identifying a video selection. At least one module of the control device may display video information corresponding to the video selection. The control device may alternately, or in addition, cause display of the video information on a television system. The control device may respond to a second user input identifying a storage selection by triggering storage of the video information in a storage unit corresponding to the storage selection. The control device may also receive a third user input identifying a replay request for other video information that may be selected from a plurality of stored videos. The control device may direct display of the other video information on the television system and/or on a display of the control device.

主权项

1. A remote control device for controlling a home entertainment system that receives a plurality of television channels and a channel guide, the home entertainment system comprising: a set top box at a first premises to receive the plurality of television channels and the channel guide, the set top box communicatively coupled to a communication network; and a television at the first premises and communicatively coupled to the set top box to receive a first one of the plurality of television channels, the television comprising a first screen to display the first one of the plurality of television channels; and the remote control device being at a second premises remote from the first premises;
the remote control device comprising circuitry adapted to request the channel guide and a second one of the plurality of television channels from the set top box via the communication network, the remote control device comprising a second screen to selectively display the channel guide and the second one of the plurality of television channels on the second screen; a removable storage unit coupled to the set top box, wherein: the remote control device is adapted to direct the set top box to store a television program of the second one of the plurality of television channels to the removable storage unit; the removable storage unit is adapted to be removed from the set top box and coupled to the remote control device; the remote control device is adapted to retrieve the television program from the removable storage unit coupled thereto, and display the retrieved television program on the second screen; and the set top box is adapted to transcode the television program and store the television program to the removable storage unit in both a first format suitable for display on the first screen of the television and a second format suitable for display on the second screen of the remote control device to permit playback to both the first screen and the second screen.