Patent ID: 8380041
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for a small form factor transportable digital video recorder (DVR), comprising: storing a plurality of digital streams on a storage device in a small form factor transportable DVR, the small form factor transportable DVR is inserted into a receiving device, thereby forming a communications link between the small form factor transportable DVR and the receiving device, a processor in the small form factor transportable DVR communicates with the receiving device via the communications link; upon insertion of the small form factor transportable DVR into the receiving device, the small form factor transportable DVR authenticating the receiving device; receiving, by the small form factor transportable DVR, a selection, from the receiving device, of a specific digital stream among the plurality of digital streams stored on the storage device in the small form factor transportable DVR; selecting, by the small form factor transportable DVR, the specific digital stream from the storage device among the plurality of digital streams stored on the storage device; outputting, by a decoder in the small form factor transportable DVR, display signals representing the specific digital stream to the receiving device.