System for receiving and storing an integrated data stream representative of a plurality of broadcasted television programs scheduled for simultaneous presentation on a corresponding plurality of assigned broadcast channels enabling viewers to subsequently extract selected programs from stored data stream for viewing

摘要

A method and program wherein the whole received integrated data stream representative of the entire set of scheduled television programs for the time period on a corresponding set of designated frequency channels is provided by a service provider, received and stored within a user's personal video recorder in its integrated and compressed form. As a result, for at least a period of time until the storage capacity of the disk drive apparatus on which the integrated data stream is stored, and the data stream has to be dumped on a first-in/first-out basis, the viewer is enabled to extract any stored television program from the integrated data for viewing or for conventional rerecording for future viewing.