Patent ID: 9185331
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for recording multiple instances of content, comprising: receiving, at a content receiver, an instruction to initiate recording; in response to the instruction, setting a first tuner to a first carrier frequency; further in response to the instruction, setting a second tuner to a second carrier frequency; receiving a first transponder stream that comprises a first set of content at the first tuner, the first set of content scrambled with a control word; wherein: receiving a second set of content at the second tuner, the second set of content scrambled with the control word, wherein: decrypting, by the content receiver, a message to obtain the control word; descrambling, using a single descrambler of the content receiver and the decrypted control word, the first set of content received at the first tuner and the second set of content received at the second tuner; and recording the descrambled first set of content and the descrambled second set of content on a storage medium, wherein: