Patent ID: 9635082
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for saving content to a server that is connected to a local area network, the server being adapted to synchronize a playback of broadcast audiovisual content with another stored audiovisual content related to said broadcast audiovisual content, said broadcast audiovisual content being received by said server, said stored audiovisual content not being included in said received broadcast audiovisual content, said playback being synchronized on at least one playback device connected to said local area network and by the use of an interoperability protocol between said server and said at least one playback device, said method comprising: receiving, from a broadcast channel, by a piece of equipment that is connected to said local area network, said broadcast audiovisual content, said broadcast audiovisual content including timestamps, said timestamps indicating the time elapsed since the start of said broadcast audiovisual content; calculating at least one piece of temporal playback information for playback by said at least one playback device, from a common wall clock for said local area network and at least one of said timestamps, said common wall clock for said local area network being shared by said server and said at least one playback device; saving at least a portion of said broadcast audiovisual content to said server of said local area network; and saving said at least one piece of temporal playback information to said local area network server.