Patent ID: 9003462
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a network computing device, a plurality of requests to record audiovisual content, the requests originating from a plurality of user devices remote from the network computing device; recording, at a network video recorder, non-identical copies of the audiovisual content containing duplicate portions, the non-identical copies being associated with the requests to record the audiovisual content; deduplicating the duplicate portions between the non-identical copies of the recorded audiovisual content to create deduplicated copies, wherein the deduplicating comprises: identifying a common portion of data representing an onscreen image of the content between the non-identical copies of the recorded content, and a unique portion of data representing the onscreen image of the content between the non-identical copies of the recorded content; and archiving the non-identical copies of the recorded content in an archive storage device by storing the common portion in a first file in the archive storage device and storing the unique portion in a second file in the archive storage device; and in response to receiving a playback request for the recorded audiovisual content from one of the user devices, reconstituting one of the non-identical copies of the requested audiovisual content for playback.