Patent ID: 6091883
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G11B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
Method of recording and reading audio and/or video information broadcast as individual programs via one or several channels by air broadcasting, by satellite or by cable TV, comprising the following steps:selecting at least one channel to simultaneously provide one or more received signals;digitally encoding the received signals;compressing and/or multiplexing the encoded digital signals;recording the compressed and/or multiplexed digital signals on a large-capacity recording medium;creating an index on the recording medium for each individual program recorded;creating at least one menu of recorded programs;selecting one or several programs from a menu of recorded programs displayed on a screen;reading said signals indicative of said selected program(s);decompressing and/or demultiplexing the signals read;decoding the signals decompressed and/or demultiplexed;reproducing the corresponding audio and/or video information; andwherein said recording on and reading from said large capacity recording medium are independent of each other, in order to enable reading of a recorded program while simultaneously recording a plurality of other programs, said other programs not always being recorded in continuous form on said large capacity recording medium, without erasing said recorded program being read.