Patent ID: 8719879

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of recording linear content and delivering same using a content delivery system, comprising: recording a linear content at the content delivery system as a recorded content, the recording initiated in response to a request from a customer premises equipment (CPE) and the recording occurring during the time of transmission of the linear content; dividing the recorded content at the content delivery system into at least a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of sufficient duration to permit real time continuous playback of the recorded content on the CPE if the first portion has previously been transmitted to the CPE and the second portion has not previously been transmitted; transmitting the first portion from the content delivery system to the CPE; and subsequent to the transmitting, streaming and storing the second portion to the CPE from the content delivery system after playback of the recorded content has begun, wherein the playback is under control of the CPE from local storage.