METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZED TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF AUDIOVISUAL DATA AND INDEX DATA IN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION APPLICATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING REMOTE NETWORK RECORD WITH INSTANT PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER SUPPORT

摘要

A method includes receiving an audio, video, or audiovisual broadcast at a first settop box, where the audio, video, or audiovisual broadcast includes digital media data encoding a program. Index data is generated based on the received digital media data encoding the program, and data packets are transmitted from the first settop box through a network to a network storage server. The transmitted data packets include data encoding the program and the index data. The transmitted index data is stored in an index file in a memory device of the storage server, and the transmitted data encoding the program is stored in a digital media data file in the memory device of on the storage server. The index data in the index file are configured to provide locations of data in the stored digital media data file marking entry points for playing back the digital media data file.