Management of dynamic program changes in DVB systems
View Patent ↗A method for managing dynamic program changes in a digital video broadcasting (DVB) system, the method including detecting a dynamic program change in a DVB transmission received at a set-top box (STB), and changing a digital video recorder (DVR) recording instruction associated with the program to record the program in accordance with a parameter of the change.
1. A method for managing dynamic program changes in a digital video broadcasting (DVB) system, the method comprising:
providing a program descriptor indicating:
an interruption of the broadcast of a program which is currently being broadcast on a channel; and
at least one of:
a start time of a subsequent continuation of the broadcast of the program; and
a new channel of the subsequent continuation of the broadcast of the program;
detecting the presence of the program descriptor; and
changing a digital video recorder (DVR) recording instruction associated with the program to record the program in accordance with a parameter of the program descriptor.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the providing step comprises configuring the program descriptor to indicate the new channel of the subsequent continuation of the broadcast of the program.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the providing step comprises configuring the program descriptor to indicate the start time of the subsequent continuation of the broadcast of the program.
4. A system for managing dynamic program changes in a digital video broadcasting (DVB) system, the system comprising:
a digital video recorder (DVR) operative to record a program in accordance with a recording instruction associated with the program; and
a set-top box (STB) operative to:
detect the presence of a program descriptor indicating: the interruption of the broadcast of the program which is currently being broadcast on a channel; and at least one of: a start time of a subsequent continuation of the broadcast of the program; and a new channel of the subsequent continuation of the broadcast of the program; and
change the recording instruction to record the program in accordance with a parameter of the program descriptor.
5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the program descriptor indicates the new channel of the continuation of the broadcast of the program.
6. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the program descriptor indicates the start time of the continuation of the broadcast of the program.
7. A system for managing dynamic program changes in a digital video broadcasting (DVB) system, the system comprising:
means for recording a program in accordance with a recording instruction associated with the program;
means for detecting the presence of a program descriptor indicating: the interruption of the broadcast of the program which is currently being broadcast on a channel; and at least one of: a start time of a subsequent continuation of the broadcast of the program; and a new channel of the subsequent continuation of the broadcast of the program; and
means for changing the recording instruction to record the program in accordance with a parameter of the program descriptor.