Jose M Rubio

US Patent:

20080285945, Nov 20, 2008

Filed:

May 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/803877

Inventors:

Yasantha Rajakarunanayake - San Ramon CA, US
Jose Rubio - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/08

US Classification:

386 92

Abstract:

A method of playing back a television program on a playback device connected to a local area network while simultaneously storing a television program on a storage device connected to the network is disclosed. The method includes receiving a television broadcast that includes at least one program at a first settop box. A first program is stored on a permanent storage device of a network storage server connected through a network to the first settop box. While receiving the television broadcast and while storing the first program, a program is rendered on a digital media rendering device connected through the network to the first settop box.

US Patent:

20090031390, Jan 29, 2009

Filed:

Jul 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/828770

Inventors:

Yasantha Nirmal Rajakarunanayake - San Ramon CA, US
Jose Antonio Rubio - San Diego CA, US
Sanjeev Sood - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04N 7/16

US Classification:

725142

Abstract:

A method includes receiving an audio, video, or audiovisual broadcast at a first settop box, where the audio, video, or audiovisual broadcast includes digital media data encoding a program. Index data is generated based on the received digital media data encoding the program, and data packets are transmitted from the first settop box through a network to a network storage server. The transmitted data packets include data encoding the program and the index data. The transmitted index data is stored in an index file in a memory device of the storage server, and the transmitted data encoding the program is stored in a digital media data file in the memory device of on the storage server. The index data in the index file are configured to provide locations of data in the stored digital media data file marking entry points for playing back the digital media data file.