Patent ID: 9344668
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G11B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a recording device, video content from a plurality of video sources; continuously and simultaneously recording in a buffer, by the recording device, digital video streams of content received from at least two sources of the plurality of video sources, said continuously and simultaneously recording comprising continuously replacing older portions of the digital video streams with newer portions corresponding to more newly received content; receiving input that indicates to play content from a given source of the at least two sources that are being continuously recorded, a given video program being received from the given source at the time of the input; locating, in the buffer, a recorded portion of the given video program, and playing back the given video program from the recorded portion as the given video program is still being received from the given source; receiving, at the recording device, an instruction to set a timer to record a specific video program scheduled to be received from a specific source at a specific time; based on the timer, the recording device recording the specific program from the specific source at the specific time, the specific program being recorded to one or more storage devices in a location where the continuous and simultaneous recording of the at least two sources to the buffer will not eventually overwrite the specific video program; subsequent to recording the specific program, reading the specific video program from the location and playing back the specific program from its beginning.