The
CyberVCR
system
is a server-based IPG
with an automatic VCR/DVR scheduling capability,
coupled
with an optional real time recording control system.
- With the
CyberVCR
system, the
TV viewer can select, on a server IPG site
TV programs he/she wants to record
on a VCR ( or any video recording apparatus ), then automatically
the VCR is scheduled. The IPG site can be a distant WWW internet site or
a mirror site located at headends or at home.
- While being connected to the
CyberVCR
IPG site,
the viewer can check which programs have been previously scheduled
to be recorded on his/her VCR/DVR.
- The CyberVCR
system offers also the
rather unique possibility to start/stop recording on real time,
as well as to get rid of commercials recording in an
independent way.
- Specific implementations are also possible concerning headends
and set-top boxes.
As TV and the Web are now getting wedded together, the
CyberVCR
system becomes
a quasi unavoidable feature at the
Internet/TV convergence .
The
CyberVCR
patent
covers both a server-based IPG with VCR/VDR interface with or
without optional recording control capabilities.
From an intellectual property point of view, this old
patent has become a key intellectual property asset, within
current circomstances of tense legal fights between Gemstar
and other companies.
We believe that a significant number of IPG providers and users,
such as DVR and set-top boxes manufacturers, are currently infringing
on our patent
in regards to our basic claims concerning our
server-based IPG
without optional recording control capabilities.
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