Providing Remote Access to Multimedia Content
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1. A customer premises equipment (CPE) device for providing a remote hardware device with remote access to multimedia content, the CPE device comprising:
- a first input enabled for receiving a hardware identifier that is associated with the remote hardware device that, when received, pre-designates the remote hardware device as approved;
a second input enabled for receiving a request from the remote hardware device to remotely receive the multimedia content;
a processor enabled for verifying that the remote hardware device has been pre-designated as approved, wherein the processor is further enabled for encoding the multimedia content for transmission to the remote hardware device upon verification that the remote hardware device has been pre-designated as approved, wherein the processor is enabled to not encode the multimedia content for transmission to the remote hardware device if the remote hardware device is not verified as having been pre-designated as approved;
a receiver for receiving the multimedia content from a multimedia content provider network; and
a transmitter enabled for transmitting the encoded multimedia content to the remote hardware device.
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Abstract
Remote access to multimedia content is provided to hardware devices that have been predesignated as approved. For example, a customer premises equipment (CPE) device such as a set-top box may transmit digital television content to a mobile telephone. The multimedia content may be simulcast to multiple remote hardware devices by the CPE device.
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22 Claims
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1. A customer premises equipment (CPE) device for providing a remote hardware device with remote access to multimedia content, the CPE device comprising:
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a first input enabled for receiving a hardware identifier that is associated with the remote hardware device that, when received, pre-designates the remote hardware device as approved; a second input enabled for receiving a request from the remote hardware device to remotely receive the multimedia content; a processor enabled for verifying that the remote hardware device has been pre-designated as approved, wherein the processor is further enabled for encoding the multimedia content for transmission to the remote hardware device upon verification that the remote hardware device has been pre-designated as approved, wherein the processor is enabled to not encode the multimedia content for transmission to the remote hardware device if the remote hardware device is not verified as having been pre-designated as approved; a receiver for receiving the multimedia content from a multimedia content provider network; and a transmitter enabled for transmitting the encoded multimedia content to the remote hardware device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product stored on at least one computer readable media, the computer program product enabled for providing a hardware device with remote access to multimedia content, the computer program product comprising instructions for:
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receiving a globally unique identifier of the hardware device; and responsive to verifying the globally unique identifier as pre-designated; receiving a content request from the hardware device; encoding multimedia content received from a provider network for transmission to the hardware device; and transmitting the encoded multimedia content to the hardware device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing a remote hardware device with remote access to multimedia content, the method comprising:
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detecting a globally unique hardware identifier associated with the remote hardware device; receiving a request from the remote hardware device to remotely receive the multimedia content; verifying that the globally unique hardware identifier corresponds to an approved hardware device; receiving the multimedia content from a multimedia content provider network; encoding the multimedia content for transmission to the remote hardware device upon verification that the hardware device has been approved and not encoding the multimedia content for transmission if the remote hardware device has not been approved; receiving an input from the remote hardware device to control the transmission of the multimedia content; and transmitting the encoded multimedia content to the remote hardware device in response to the input received from the remote hardware device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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