Patent ID: 7003791
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: G11B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A remote video recording and retrieval system comprising: a first computing device having access to a tuner, to a computer network, and to a video recording mechanism, said first computing device being effective for encoding a video signal into at least one predetermined video data encoding format; and a second computing device having access to said first computing device via said computer network, and having access to a first data store remote from said first computing device, said second computing device being effective for submitting a user ID identifying itself and for submitting recording instructions to said first computing device for recording a televised program; said first computing devise being effective for accessing and recording said televised program via said tuner and said video recording mechanism, said first computing device being further effective placing a first visible ID stamp corresponding to said user ID on a visible section of the recorded televised program and transferring a video encoded data version of said recorded televised program to said first data store.