India, Jan. 15 -- In another sign that TiVo/Rovi is prepared to go to the mat in its legal fight with Comcast, the company has fired off another lawsuit against the MSO, alleging that Comcast is infringing on eight patents.
The lawsuit, filed January 14 in the US District Court for the Central District of California, covers patents describing "advanced" DVR functions, including cloud/network recording and whole-home/multi-DVR arrangements. TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) claims that the asserted patents cover "fundamental DVR technologies at the core of the Comcast X1 system."
In TiVo's view, the accused products include X1 set-tops and DVRs, the Xfinity Stream and TV Remote mobile apps, the Xfinity Stream Portal, and servers that operate in con...