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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2002341214', 'Application No. 2002341214', 'Application No. 04054260', 'Application No. 06023519', 'Application No. 10184792', 'Application No. 10178083', 'Application No. 02775000', 'Application No. 200710086217', 'Application No. 200910138030', 'Application No. 2004117876', 'Application No. 161967', 'Application No. 545021', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 2012', 'Application No. 201210161674', 'Application No. 2012', 'Application No. 2010106007', 'Application No. 2004117876', 'Application No. 10180318', 'Application No. 101780831', 'Application No. 02775000', 'Application No. 06023519', 'Application No. 10184792', 'Application No. 06023519', 'Application No. 10178083', 'Application No. 10180318', 'Application No. 2008203112', 'Application No. 586170', 'Application No. 586170', 'Application No. 2012201035', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 597099', 'Application No. 2012227175', 'Application No. 2012227177', 'Application No. 2012', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 201010514395', 'Application No. 183497', 'Application No. 2004117876', 'Application No. 533362', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 2012227175', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 200710086217', 'Application No. 201010514395', 'Application No. 201210161674', 'Application No. 200710086217', 'Application No. 220193', 'Application No. 220196', 'Application No. 220197', 'Application No. 2012', 'Application No. 2012', 'Application No. 56614', 'Application No. 2010106007', 'Application No. 2011', 'Application No. 2004117876']

US9084017B2 - Receivers for television signals - Google Patents
US9084017B2
US9084017B2 US13/309,790 US201113309790A US9084017B2 US 9084017 B2 US9084017 B2 US 9084017B2 US 201113309790 A US201113309790 A US 201113309790A US 9084017 B2 US9084017 B2 US 9084017B2
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2001-11-13 Priority to GBGB0127234.3 priority Critical
2001-11-13 Priority to GBGB0127234.3A priority patent/GB0127234D0/en
2002-11-13 Priority to PCT/GB2002/005109 priority patent/WO2003043320A2/en
2004-12-07 Priority to US49554604A priority
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2011-12-02 Priority to US13/309,790 priority patent/US9084017B2/en
2011-12-02 Application filed by British Sky Broadcasting Ltd filed Critical British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
2012-01-30 Assigned to BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD. reassignment BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: BODKIN, NIGEL, WILLAME, XAVIER, COLLINS, ELLEN FIONA, FREEMAN, BENJAMIN JOHNATHAN, JAMES, NICHOLAS, SULLIVAN, BRIAN FRANCIS
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2015-07-14 Publication of US9084017B2 publication Critical patent/US9084017B2/en
A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk 13 in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.
Descrambled data is supplied to a transport/demultiplexer 16 which separates the data into video data, audio data, user services data, programme scheduling data, etc. for distribution to various locations within the receiver 3. The receiver 3 also comprises a video decompression and processing circuit 18 utilizing a dedicated video Random Access Memory (RAM) 17, and an audio decompression and processing circuit 19, operating according to the MPEG 2 standard, for example. The video and audio decompression and processing circuits 18 and 19 receive demultiplexed signals directly from the transport/demultiplexer 16, or from the hard disk 13. Decompressed video signals are input to a Syndicat des Constructions d'Appareits Radiorécepteurs et Télévision (SCART) interface 20 for direct input to the television (TV) 2 and to a Phase Alternation Line (PAL) encoder 21 where they are encoded into the PAL format for modulation by a Ultra High Frequency (UHF) modulator 22 for output to the UHF input of the TV 2 if so desired.
The receiver 3 is controlled by a processor 23 which communicates with the various units of the receiver via a bus 24. The processor 23 has associated with it Read Only Memory (ROM) 25 (optionally including a Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) drive 25 a), Random Access Memory (RAM 26) and a flash (non-volatile and writable) memory 27.
a processor for responding to a request, issued by a user after the buffering has started, to record a television programme included in the television signal by saving the buffered television signal along with subsequent television signals to record the programme, wherein
the apparatus is arranged to receive programme schedule data and to perform an identification using the programme schedule data to identify a start of the television programme included in the buffered television signal; and the processor truncates the saved buffered television signal based upon said identification, wherein all data in the saved buffered television signal that is older than the start of the television programme is deleted.
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