METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRICK-PLAY CAPABILITY WHEN PRESENTING LINEAR CONTENT

摘要

A method of outputting video to a display is provided in which an incoming signal of linear content as delivered from a service provider on a tuned channel is decoded with a first electronic device and a corresponding video signal is output to an associated display for presentation of the linear content. Information of the tuned channel is transmitted to a separate second electronic device having a time shift buffer for use in recording the incoming signal of the linear content. When a trick-play request is received by the first electronic device for the linear content, the first electronic device ceases outputting the video signal corresponding to the incoming signal as delivered from the service provider and switches to outputting a video signal corresponding to streamed content received from the time shift buffer of the second electronic device in a manner enabling trick-plays to be accomplished.

主权项

1. A method of outputting video signals to a display, comprising the steps of:
decoding an incoming signal of linear content as delivered from a service provider with a first electronic device on a tuned channel and outputting a video signal corresponding to the incoming signal as delivered from the service provider to an associated display for presentation of the linear content; transmitting information of the tuned channel to a separate second electronic device having a mass storage unit providing a time shift buffer for purposes of initiating recording of the incoming signal of the linear content on the tuned channel in the time shift buffer of the second electronic device; after said decoding, outputting, and transmitting steps, receiving a trick play request with the first electronic device for the linear content; and after said step of receiving the trick play request, ceasing said step of outputting the video signal corresponding to the incoming signal as delivered from the service provider and switching to outputting a video signal corresponding to streamed content received by the first electronic device from the time shift buffer of the second electronic device in a manner enabling trick plays to be accomplished.