Patent ID: 8813140
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for recording and replaying broadcast content, the method comprising the steps of: a computer receiving broadcast content through a receiver; the computer receiving a request from a user to record a segment of the broadcast content; the computer determining whether metadata associated with the segment of broadcast content includes a location from which the segment can be retrieved at a subsequent time; responsive to determining that the metadata includes the location from which the segment can be retrieved, the computer recording a first portion of the segment of broadcast content, the computer storing the first portion of the segment of broadcast content in a database; the computer accessing metadata associated with the first portion of the segment of broadcast content stored in the database; the computer referencing the metadata; responsive to the computer referencing the metadata, the computer determining that the first portion of the segment of broadcast content has an approaching retrieval expiration time; and the computer storing the remaining portion of the segment of broadcast content in the database by associating the remaining portion of the segment of broadcast content with the first portion of the segment of broadcast content.