Patent ID: 8572667
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A host device interfacing with a point of deployment (POD), the host device comprising: a storage device configured to record contents received from a multi system operator (MSO); a communication unit configured to transmit/receive data over a network; and a controller configured to collect digital video recorder (DVR) status information associated with the storage of the contents from the MSO, and transmit the collected DVR status information via the communication unit to the MSO, wherein the DVR status information includes first status information indicating copy control information (CCI) of the recorded content in the storage device, second status information indicating any one of a total size and a free size of a time-shift buffer (TSB) allocated to the storage device, third status information indicating a status of performing of the storage device, fourth status information indicating a type of the storage device, fifth status information indicating a total storage size of the storage device, sixth status information indicating a free storage size of the storage device, and seventh status information indicating a cipher algorithm of the storage device, wherein the first status information includes first CCI indicating on whether or not the contents be permanently recorded in the storage device, second CCI indicating whether or not the contents do not be permanently recorded in the storage device, and whether or not the contents are ciphered and do not be recorded for a predetermined period of time or more, third CCI indicating whether or not the CCI of the contents is converted into the second CCI and permanently recorded when the contents are recorded, and fourth CCI indicating whether or not the content recorded in the storage device does not be further copied, wherein the status of performing of the storage device includes any one of recording information indicating that the contents are recorded in the storage device, play information indicating that the recorded contents are read and output from the storage device, and operation information indicating that the operation of the storage device is operated any one of forward, rewind and stop, and wherein the controller collects the DVR status information when a trap operation is enabled according to running a specific event at the host device.