Patent ID: 9536569
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for selectively recording a portion of broadcast media content, comprising: receiving, by a television receiver, a video stream containing the broadcast media content, wherein the video stream is received via a tuner of the television receiver; determining, by the television receiver, a video segment of the video stream to be output to a display device; performing, by the television receiver, OCR on characters present within the video segment; detecting, by the television receiver, a trigger event based on the OCR of the video segment, wherein the trigger event comprises an identified change detected in the OCR of the video segment; after detecting the trigger event, creating, by the television receiver, a digital bookmark corresponding to the trigger event being detected; in response to detecting the trigger event, generating, by the television receiver, a recording of a portion of the broadcast media content, wherein the recording of the portion of the broadcast media content begins prior to the trigger event and concludes after the trigger event; detecting, by the television receiver, a break in the video segment, wherein detecting the break includes detecting a change in a content type of the video segment; pausing, by the television receiver, the OCR on the video segment upon detecting the break; pausing, by the television receiver, the recording of the portion of the broadcast media content upon detecting the break; detecting, by the television receiver, an end of the break; after determining the break has ended, resuming, by the television receiver, the recording of the portion of the broadcast media content; after resuming the recording of the portion of the broadcast media content, resuming the OCR on the video segment; and storing, by the television receiver, the generated recording and the digital bookmark associated with the generated recording.