Patent ID: 9369771
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving an electronic service guide (ESG) data from a server, said ESG data including a schedule list; determining a bandwidth of a communication channel between said server and a client, said client including a reception module for storing a broadcast content from said server; iterating over said schedule list for a new broadcast content; estimating a size of said new content from said determined bandwidth and said schedule list, said schedule list including start and stop times of said new content; determining whether to provide an operating power to said reception module for storing said new content at said client based upon said estimated size of said new content and a preference pre-provided by a user; and removing said operating power from said reception module after said new content is stored when said operating power is provided to said reception module.