Patent ID: 7895615

Claim:
A method for delivering digital content to a customer site, said method comprising the steps of: (a) broadcasting digital content over a plurality of channels at a plurality of start times to a receiver situated at a customer site; (b) selectively recording said digital content from a first channel in the plurality of channels having a first start time onto a storage medium associated with said receiver; (c) periodically performing a check on said digital content as selectively recorded during recording of said digital content for both quality and completeness, wherein the quality of the digital content is determined by periodically sampling the digital content and counting a number of errors present in the sample of the digital content; (d) determining whether the results of each said check meet predetermined minimum standard requirements for both quality and completeness, wherein the predetermined minimum standard for quality comprises a limit on the number of errors in the digital content; (e) if and when the predetermined minimum standard requirement for quality is determined to not be met, aborting said recording of said digital content from the first channel in the plurality of channels, preventing said digital content recorded from the first channel in the plurality of channels from being made available to a customer for viewing at said customer site, and re-recording said digital content from a second channel in the plurality of channels having a second start time later than the first start time; (f) if said predetermined minimum standard requirement for quality is determined to be met and the predetermined minimum standard requirement for completeness is determined to not be met, continuing said recording of said digital content; and (g) if said predetermined minimum standard requirements for both quality and completeness are determined to be met, making the selectively recorded digital content available to said customer for viewing at said customer site.