Patent ID: 7881585
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A first digital video recorder-controller apparatus (DVRC), comprising: a network port for communicatively connecting the first DVRC with at least one other apparatus on a network, wherein the network port is an ethernet port; wherein the first DVRC is adapted to transmit through the network port a first selection of digitized video signals, wherein the first selection includes one or more digitized video signals being transmitted to a first other apparatus on the network; and wherein the first DVRC is further adapted to receive through the network port a second selection of digitized video signals, wherein the second selection includes one or more digitized video signals being transmitted by a second other apparatus on the network, wherein the second other apparatus is one of a digital video recorder (DVR) or a second DVRC; wherein the first DVRC is adapted to facilitate designation of the digitized video signals of the second selection, and wherein the first DVRC is further adapted to transmit a first control signal to the second other apparatus, wherein the first control signal designates the one or more video signals of the second selection of digitized video signals to be transmitted by the second other apparatus.