Patent ID: 9646650
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a processor of a first content recording device, input indicating a synchronized recording request; and in response to receiving the synchronized recording request: identifying, by the first content recording device, a plurality of other content recording devices that meet at least one filter criterion and that are capable of a synchronized recording relationship with the first content recording device; selecting, by the first content recording device, a second content recording device from the plurality of other content recording devices; establishing, by the first content recording device, the synchronized recording relationship with the second content recording device; periodically inserting, by the first content recording device, a first set of markers into a first recording at a first set of points of time while the first recording is being captured by the first content recording device, the first set of markers being of different types, wherein the first set of markers comprises a first content object inserted at a first point in time of the first set of points of time within the first recording; and instructing, by the first content recording device, the second content recording device to periodically insert a second set of markers into a second recording at a second set of points of time while the second recording is being captured by the second content recording device, the second set of markers being of different types, wherein the second set of markers comprises a second content object inserted at a second point in time of the second set of points of time within the second recording, the first content object and the second content object being a first type of marker, the second point in time within the second recording and the first point in time within the first recording correspond to a common point in time within the first recording and the second recording, and the first recording and the second recording are to be temporally aligned in view of the first content object and the second content object to display synchronized content comprising the first recording and the second recording.