System and method for memory jumping within stored instances of content
US8606088B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/7921
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Content receivers may simultaneously record multiple instances of content for multiple programming channels based on content provider instructions. Systems and methods utilize the content receivers to perform memory jumping operations within files having the simultaneously recorded multiple instance of content stored therein. The memory jumping operation may jump locations within the file corresponding to a predetermined memory jumping operation timeframe, and in order to account for the variability in the recording bit rate and therefore the playing of the instance of content, the jump locations in the memory jumping operation may be dynamically adjusted based on recording bit rates.
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