Patent ID: 8613037
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for managing mobile and on-demand digital recording of video content, comprising: a wireless digital video recorder operable to receive and record video content; a reception processor in communication with the wireless digital video recorder and configured to manage reception of the video content; a global positioning system transceiver in communication with the reception processor and operable to determine a geographic position of the wireless digital video recorder, and a storage processor in communication with the wireless digital video recorder, wherein the wireless digital video recorder, the reception processor, the storage processor and the global positioning system transceiver are incorporated within a wireless phone, said wireless phone including a display and speakers; wherein the reception processor is configured to simultaneously generate a visual alert on the display of the wireless phone and an audible alert through the speakers of the wireless phone to indicate at least one of start of video content recording, stop in video content recording, availability of new video content, and change in signal strength associated with the video content; wherein the reception processor is further configured to use the geographic position of the wireless digital video recorder, as determined by the global positioning system transceiver, to identify availability of a broadcast video signal based on an available broadcast signal identified using the geographic position of the wireless digital video recorder, and to select the best receiving option to receive the video content from the at least one video content source, based on at least one of signal strength and signal characteristics, said signal characteristics including digital signal characteristics and analog signal characteristics; wherein managing reception of the broadcast video content comprises identifying video content available to the wireless phone from at least one video content source; wherein the storage processor associates a first priority value to a set of stored video content, wherein rating of the available video content and the stored video content is based upon preferences of a user of the wireless digital video recorder; wherein the storage processor associates an expiration date with the set of video content stored on the wireless digital video recorder and erases the set of stored video content based upon the expiration date; wherein the storage processor erases a set of stored video content from the wireless digital video recorder to provide storage space for newly available video content based upon the first priority value associated with the set of stored video content relative to a second priority value associated with the newly available video content; and wherein the storage processor provides an alert when video content selected for recording by the user exceeds storage space available to the wireless digital video recorder.