AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT
RIPPING OF TELEVISION CONTENT TO ALLOW
USER TO RECORD THE CONTENT
Field application
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for efficient ripping of
television content to allow user to record the content. In particular, the
invention relates to the field of real time television media broadcast content
and associated conditional information system that allows user to record
content and enhances the use of schedule recording with Electronic
Programming Guide (EPG) by providing discrete price rate on a single
multimedia content and generates more revenue for service
provider/broadcaster/media owner.
Background of the Invention
Document US 2004 022 1308 Al discloses an integrated media viewing
environment including a user interface (UI). The document describes a
method for providing a program guide with an integrated media viewing
environment with on-screen displays. For obtaining, viewing and/or
recording media content which is currently airing or down-loaded or
available via data streaming on an "on demand basis" or available from
local storage/removable media, a single integrated on screen display may be
used.
A method for reserving recording and viewing a broadcast program on a
display screen is disclosed in document US 2003 0115604. Here a broadcast
program timetable is extracted, and the broadcast program timetable and a

viewing reservation timetable are simultaneously displayed. After waiting
for a selection input to select a broadcast program on the display screen, and
an allocation input to allocate a selected program into the viewing
reservation timetable, recording instruction is generated to instruct recording
of the selected program, and reproduction reservation instruction is
generated to instruct reproduction of the selected program at a time
corresponding to a position at which the selected program is allocated in the
viewing reservation timetable.
There is a need to utilize more broadcasting multimedia content and provide
a competent way to augment the provided features for recording the
multimedia content through EPG.
Summary of the Invention
The main object of the present invention is to utilize more broadcasting
multimedia content for providing a competent way to augment the provided
features for recording the multimedia through EPG, on the fly and schedule
recording.
This object can be achieved by obtaining with the help of an electronic
program guide (EPG) information on real time television media broadcast
content and associated conditional information, extracting the selected
specific content from the television broadcast content and storing or
recording the selected broadcast content.
Thus, in a preferred embodiment the invention provides a method for
efficient ripping of television broadcast content to allow user to record the

content, said method comprising the steps of:
obtaining pictograms, logos, and other information from an electronic
programming guide (EPG) indicating to a user the television programs being
displayed on a television and charges for the contents thereof; selecting
specific broadcast content of a program; extracting selected specific
broadcast content from the television program; and storing or recording
selected broadcast content.
Electronic programming guide (EPG) is a grid listing television programs by
date, time and channel. EPG can be displayed by the subscriber terminal at
the subscriber's location.
The service provider can send a complete list of programs with the help of
the EPG allowing users to preplan the recording program. The service
provider can generate more revenue by partitioning the program content like
only audio, only visual, only instrumental sound ignoring voice, snapshots
of a particular actor or artist, etc., and applying changes according to the
content. At the same time the user can avoid unnecessary program content
by selecting partial content like only audio/only visual content, only cast
based audio content, snapshots of a particular actor, and only instrumental
sound of video ignoring the voice.
For carrying out fly recording (Fig. 3) user authorization of available content
for recording can be checked. Schedule recording (Fig. 4) can be carried out
with the help of the electronic programming guide after checking EPG to get
the information for recording prior to view and checking user authorization.

Brief Description of the Accompanying Drawings
The invention can now be described with the help of the accompanying
drawings where :
Fig. 1 shows the view of EPG with option of partial record.
Fig. 2 illustrates the discrete rate of available content with EPG
sub-option/menu.
Fig. 3 shows flowchart for on the fly recording process.
Fig. 4 shows flowchart for recording using EPG or schedule recording.
Fig. 5 shows a flowchart illustrating collectively processes of Figs. 3
and 4.
Detailed Description
In the present invention real time broadcast content is extracted from
the television. Copyrights information is recorded on the external
peripherals and other information are recorded onto a disk directly.
The invention provides a way to enhance the copyrights system of
the digital media in terms of copy protection, redistribution, reuse and
others. The inventive method provides a way to apply the price-rate
discretely on digital media and allows the user to record the digital
broadcast content by paying lesser amounts. For example, If user is
watching a particular video and wants to record only the audio of the
whole content or only the video of the full content or wants to extract
instrumental sound and voice separately from the content then
service provider can offer different prices for digital contents. Along

with this for partial content recording service provider can apply the
different types of payment mechanism for different segment of the
program based on the cast of the broadcasting video.
An electronic program guide (EPG) provides pictograms and logos etc. to
indicate to a television viewer the television programs being displayed on a
television. The viewer can know what is playing on the various channels
while watching one of the channels. The electronic programming guide can
be displayed by a subscriber terminal at the subscriber's location. The
electronic programming guide is a grid listing television programs by date,
time and channel. A subscriber can select programs for watching or
recording from the electronic program guide. The disclosed method also
enhances the feature of EPG where broadcaster can send all the information
with an electronic programming guide for the user by which user can know
the details of the broadcast content. The details of what all things are
available for recording and what are the prices for a specific content and
what all data is available separately can help user to know the full detail of
the content such as specific cast based recording, only audio, only video,
screenshots, instrumental sound of video, only voice and such other
information. Using these entire information users can be more entertained
for less amount and companies can generate more revenue. By having all the
information in EPG user can schedule for recording and get to know what all
items are available in that content for entertainment.
There are several layers of communication and processing that are necessary
to initiate, process and present EPGs to viewers. This process uses high level
commands, which are transferred between the STB and servers in the

system. These commands must be received, separated (parsed), decoded and
processed into the commands that are used by the EPG application.
Special flags or other types of information can also be embedded by the
broadcaster for segmentation of the information in a single video or it can be
segmented by algorithm to get the information at client side which can be
referred as on the fly recording. User can manage multimedia based on the
content type.
Fig. 1 illustrates a view the electronic program guide (EPG) with the option
of partial record. The EPG helps viewer to identify which content is having
partial recording. In EPG user will get choice for partial recording.
Whenever user presses © (or any key), a window appears on the screen that
specify a partial content that are provided by the service
provider/broadcaster. To record the specific content user can schedule for
content.
The discrete price rate of available content with the same content is shown in
Fig. 2. According to the information in Fig. 2 user can schedule the
recording for the content. The information provided by the © will be specific
to a program. This information helps service provider/broadcaster to
generate more revenue from the same content by partitioning the content. At
the time of broadcasting broadcaster will send a special flag that split the
content and provides facility to user to record the content dynamically. User
can view and record the multimedia content together.
The recording processes illustrated in Figs. 3 to 5 are self explanatory.

The inventive method provides a better a way to handle television
broadcasting content and their associated digital rights information. By
partitioning the content, said method enhances the property of single content
that is being broadcast and provides variety of operation for the content and
generates more revenue for service provider. The present invention employs
digital content in a more efficient way by generating the revenue for
producer/broadcaster/service provider of the content.

WE CLAIM:
1. A method for efficient ripping of television broadcast content to allow
user to record the content, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining pictograms, logos, and other information from an
electronic programming guide (EPG) indicating to a user the
television programs being displayed on a television and charges
for the contents thereof;
- selecting specific broadcast content of a program;
- extracting selected specific broadcast content from the
television program; and
- storing or recording selected broadcast content.
2. The method as claimed in claim-1, wherein the electronic
programming guide (EPG) is a grid listing television programs by
date, time and channel.
3. The method as claimed in claim-1, wherein the electronic
programming guide (EPG) is displayed by the subscriber terminal at
subscribers' location.
4. The method as claimed in claim-1, wherein the EPG display shows
different rates of charges for different television program content,
thereby increasing the revenue for the service provider and at the
same time allowing user to avoid unnecessary program content.

5. The method as claimed in claim-1, wherein the user can extract
complete content of the television program or cast / actor based
complete program content.
6. The method as claimed in claim-1, wherein the user can extract
program content partially, like only audio or only visual content.
7. The method as claimed in claim-6, wherein the user can extract
only cast based audio content.
8. The method as claimed in claim-6, wherein the user can extract
snapshots of a particular actor or artist without specifying a
picture.
9. The method as claimed in claim-6, wherein the user can extract
only instrumental sound of the video, ignoring the voice.
l0.The method as claimed in claim-1, wherein copyrights information
extracted from television is recorded on external peripherals.
1 l.The method as claimed in claim-1, wherein all information other than
Copyrights information extracted from television program are
directly recorded onto a disk.
12.The method as claimed in claim-1, wherein on the fly recording can
be carried out after checking user authorization of available content
for recording (Fig. 3).

13.The method as claimed in claim-1, wherein schedule recording can be
carried out with the help of the electronic programming guide after
checking EPG to get the information for recording prior to viewing
and checking user authorization.
14. A method for efficient ripping of television broadcast content to allow
user to record the content, substantially as herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The main object of the present invention is to utilize more broadcasting multimedia content for providing a competent way to augment the provided
features for recording the multimedia through EPG, on the fly and schedule recording.
This object can be achieved by obtaining with the help of an electronic program guide (EPG) information on real time television media broadcast content and associated conditional information, extracting the selected specific content from the television broadcast content and storing or recording the selected broadcast content. Thus, in a preferred embodiment the invention provides a method for efficient ripping of television broadcast content to allow user to record the content, said method comprising the steps of: obtaining pictograms, logos, and other information from an electronic
programming guide (EPG) indicating to a user the television programs being displayed on a television and charges for the contents thereof; selecting specific broadcast content of a program; extracting selected specific broadcast content from the television program; and storing or recording selected broadcast content.
Electronic programming guide (EPG) is a grid listing television programs by date, time and channel. EPG can be displayed by the subscriber terminal at the subscriber's location. The service provider can send a complete list of programs with the help of the EPG allowing users to preplan the recording program. The service
provider can generate more revenue by partitioning the program content like
only audio, only visual, only instrumental sound ignoring voice, snapshots of a particular actor or artist, etc., and applying changes according to the content. At the same time the user can avoid unnecessary program content by selecting partial content like only audio/only visual content, only cast based audio content, snapshots of a particular actor, and only instrumental sound of video ignoring the voice.
For carrying out fly recording (Fig. 3) user authorization of available content for recording can be checked. Schedule recording (Fig. 4) can be carried out with the help of the electronic programming guide after checking EPG to get
the information for recording prior to view and checking user authorization.