US 7,457,519 B2
Set-top box integration of integrated drive electronics
Cynthia Dang, Cerritos, Calif. (US); Jason Monroe, Ladera Ranch, Calif. (US); and Tarek Kaylani, Irvine, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, Calif. (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/317,091.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/369346, filed on Apr. 03, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2003/0190140 A1, Oct. 09, 2003
Int. Cl. H04N 5/91 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 386—83  [386/46] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for personal video recording, comprising:
a video memory medium; and
set-top box logic,
wherein said set-top box logic comprises integrated drive electronics that interface said set-top box logic directly with said video memory medium without a bus and without any intervening logic for processing between said video memory medium and said integrated drive electronics, both said set-top box logic and said integrated drive electronics residing on a single integrated circuit.