IP Library Granted Patent US 8,483,548
Granted Patent B2
US 8,483,548 · App. 12/810,817 · Granted Jul 9, 2013

Digital broadcast recording apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,483,548
App. No.
12/810,817
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The digital broadcast recording apparatus ( 100 ) includes a recording unit ( 160 ) for recording digital broadcast, a detection unit ( 170 ) for detecting a packet containing information regarding a portion permitted to be recorded from a stream of a program prohibited from being recorded in the digital broadcast, and a control unit ( 140 ) for controlling, when the recording unit ( 160 ) records the program prohibited from being recorded, the recording unit ( 160 ) to record the portion permitted to be recorded based on the information contained in the packet detected by the detection unit ( 170 ).

Claims (11)

1. A digital broadcast recording apparatus, comprising:

a recording unit for recording a digital broadcast;

a detection unit for detecting, from a stream of a program prohibited from being recorded in the digital broadcast, a packet containing information regarding a portion permitted to be recorded in the program prohibited from being recorded, wherein the information regarding a portion permitted to be recorded is a presentation time identifier of the portion to be recorded; and

a control unit for controlling, when the recording unit records the program prohibited from being recorded, the recording unit to record the portion permitted to be recorded based on the presentation time identifier information contained in the packet detected by the detection unit.

2. The digital broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the detection unit detects a PES packet that includes a flag indicating that recording is permitted in a header, and the control unit controls the recording unit to record, in the program prohibited from being recorded, content contained in the PES packet that includes the flag in the header.

3. A digital broadcast recording apparatus, comprising:

a recording unit for recording a digital broadcast;

an acquisition unit for acquiring recording permission information indicating a presentation time of a portion permitted to be recorded in a program prohibited from being recorded in the digital broadcast;

a storage unit for storing the recording permission information presentation time acquired by the acquisition unit; and

a control unit for controlling, when the recording unit records the program prohibited from being recorded, the recording unit to record the portion permitted to be recorded based on comparing the presentation time of the portion with the recording permission presentation time information stored in the storage unit.

Assignments (8)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 25, 2024
From: ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: ADEIA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 069048/0223 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
Reel/Frame 053481/0790 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
Reel/Frame 053458/0749 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2020
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.; VEVEO, INC.; INVENSAS CORPORATION; INVENSAS BONDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TESSERA, INC.; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DTS, INC.; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053468/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051110/0006 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2019
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051143/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2019
From: KYOCERA CORPORATION
To: ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048913/0030 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2010
From: YAMANE, TAKESHI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025001/0770 →