| US 7,493,024 B2 | ||
| Method of managing the recording of audiovisual documents in a terminal selected among a plurality of terminals, and an associated terminal | ||
| Yves Maetz, Melesse (France); Louis Chevallier, La Meziere (France); Izabela Grasland, Breteil (France); Franck Hiron, Chateaubourg (France); and Jiang Shao, Rennes (France) | ||
| Assigned to Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt (France) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/502,838 PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2003, PCT No. PCT/FR03/00277 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jul. 28, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/065713, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 07, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 02 01567 (FR), filed on Jan. 31, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0158017 A1, Jul. 21, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/26 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 386—95 [386/46; 386/111; 386/112] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A method of managing recordings of audio or audiovisual documents within a communication network comprising a plurality
of audiovisual terminals furnished with recording means, the audiovisual documents to be recorded and the terminals being
associated with attributes; the method comprising:
introducing by a user of a maximum level of morality accessible from a terminal,
calculating a value of fit between the document and a terminal; the value of fit being calculated by comparing the attributes
of the audiovisual document and the attributes associated with the audiovisual terminal, the value of fit being all the higher
the greater the similarity between these attributes, the morality of the document and the maximum level of morality accessible
from the terminal being compared; in order to bar the recording of the document in a terminal if the morality level of this
document is higher than the morality level of this terminal
repeating the step calculating by calculating a value of fit for each terminal liable to record it and taking into account
the morality level;
selecting the terminal for recording the document whose value of fit is greatest; and
recording of the document in the selected terminal.
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