Burst's new patent on digital recording

Burst.com were issued a patent on 18 September this year on digital video recording, aka a 'System and method for time-shifted program viewing'.

The patent covers receiving a digital TV signal, storing it, enabling people to watch one programme while storing new ones and so on. It's right up there with the Blackboard patent on delivering courses via the Net.

Burst applied for their patent way back in May 1998.