Patent ID: 6934966

Claim:
A system for capturing resources in broadcast and data communications comprising: a broadcast resource receiver receiving at least a first broadcast stream, said broadcast resource receiver being responsive to a unified notation, said unified notation identifying at least said first broadcast stream and a second broadcast stream, said unified notation being independent from a capture route, a capture time, and an inherent name; a communication resource receiver receiving at least said second broadcast stream, said broadcast resource receiver being responsive to said unified notation; a reception route selection apparatus being responsive to said unified notation, said reception route selection apparatus selecting said broadcast resource receiver or said communication resource receiver for receiving one of said broadcast streams based on at least a first broadcast time corresponding to said first and second broadcast streams; further comprising route selection for capturing said broadcast streams, said route selection being uniquely decided dependent on a broadcast time of said broadcast streams; and wherein when the broadcast time of said broadcast streams simultaneously includes a past zone, a future zone, and a current zone inserted between said past zone and said future zone, a zone for a period between a current time and the end of a future time is received using said broadcast resource receiver or communication resource receiver while the past zone is received using the other of said broadcast resource receiver or said communication resource receiver, wherein said unified notation comprises a broadcast station code, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time.