Patent ID: 7831204

Claim:
A method of processing signals at a station, said station having a receiver for receiving a transmission, and a plurality of storage locations, each storage location capable of being commanded to store and output programming, said station capable of selecting between each of said plurality of storage locations and communicating said programming between each of said plurality of storage locations, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, at said station, a first information transmission including a first plurality of units of programming comprising at least one of video, and audio; demodulating said first information transmission; detecting said first plurality of units of programming embedded in said first information transmission; storing at least one of said first plurality of units of programming at a first storage location of said plurality of storage locations; inputting command information at said station designating transmission data for a second plurality of units of programming comprising at least one of video and audio; transferring, under computer control, said at least one said first plurality of units of programming stored at said first location to a second location of said plurality of storage locations in response to said command information; combining and storing, under computer control, said at least one of said first plurality of units of programming at said second storage location with other units of programming including at least one of video and audio to form, at said second storage location, said second plurality of units of programming comprising at least one of video and audio, wherein said first plurality of units of programming, said other units of programming and said second plurality of units of programming differ from one another and each signal is directed toward television or radio; and transmitting a second information transmission, consisting of said second plurality of units of programming from said second storage location to a remote station at a specific time or in response to said command information, wherein said station and said remote station differ in terms of functionality from one another.