Patent ID: 8965183
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for storing video data, comprising: hardware and/or code for receiving a video signal comprising television programming; hardware and/or code for outputting a guide having at least a listing of television channels and a listing of programming; a processor for converting the video signal to video data; a first storage device for storing first temporal-based portions of the video data in files on the first storage device, wherein a length of at least some temporal-based portions is selected based on a length of a television program stored in the temporal-based portion; a second storage device for storing second temporal-based portions of the video data in files on the second storage device, wherein the second temporal-based portions of the video data include programmed recordings; hardware and/or code for creating reduced quality video data from the video data based on at least one of the first temporal-based portions of the video data and the second temporal-based portions of the video data; hardware adapted for outputting at least one of the first temporal-based portions of video data and the second temporal-based portions of the video data, and further outputting the guide to a display; and hardware and/or code adapted for outputting the reduced quality video data to a first device via a network, and for outputting the at least one of the first temporal-based portions of video data and the second temporal-based portions of the video data to a second device via the network, wherein at least one of the first device and the second device is located remotely from the system; wherein at least one of the first storage device and the second storage device is located remotely from the system.