Patent ID: 9258528
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling a multimedia decoder configured to simultaneously access different programs from different sources and/or of different qualities, wherein the decoder is configured to operate in a multitask mode such that the decoder controls the display and/or recording of a first program simultaneously with the display and/or recording of a second program, the method comprising: identifying available resources to display and/or record programs accessible by the decoder, determining required resources to display and/or record each of the programs accessible by the decoder, the decoder identifying the available resources and the resources required by each accessible program in the form of a quantity of required memory, and in multitask mode, inhibiting a control to display and/or record one of the programs when the resources required by the ordered program are higher than the available resources of the decoder, the decoder inhibiting the control by blocking a communication with a remote server to request transmission of the program, and/or by blocking processing of the program transmitted by the remote server, generating an information message, by the decoder to a decoder user, to display at least one of the following elements: control inhibition information or a new control request, and simulating by the decoder, with relation to the remote server, a display of a transmitted stream, controlled by the remote server, when the information message is displayed.