TRANSFERRING A BROADCAST TRANSMISSION TO A REMOTE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and the program instructions are readable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
- determining that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area associated with a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the determining is performed by the DVR; and
transmitting program data from the DVR to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area,wherein;
the determining that the remote device has moved outside of the pre-defined area comprises transmitting an infrared or wireless radio signal from the DVR to the remote device; and
the DVR determines one of;
the remote device is within the pre-defined area when the DVR receives a return infrared or wireless radio signal from the remote device; and
the remote device is outside of the pre-defined area when the DVR does not receive a return infrared or wireless radio signal from the remote device.
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Abstract
An approach is described that includes determining that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area associated with a digital video recorder (DVR), and transmitting program data from the DVR to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area. Another approach includes a digital video recorder (DVR) having a memory and a processor. The DVR operates to: receive an incoming transmission signal; transmit a selected program to a primary display device; determine that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area; and transmit program data corresponding to the selected program to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area.
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10 Claims
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1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and the program instructions are readable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
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determining that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area associated with a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the determining is performed by the DVR; and transmitting program data from the DVR to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area, wherein; the determining that the remote device has moved outside of the pre-defined area comprises transmitting an infrared or wireless radio signal from the DVR to the remote device; and the DVR determines one of; the remote device is within the pre-defined area when the DVR receives a return infrared or wireless radio signal from the remote device; and the remote device is outside of the pre-defined area when the DVR does not receive a return infrared or wireless radio signal from the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied in a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions configured to:
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receive an incoming transmission signal; transmit a selected program to a primary display device; determine that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area; transmit program data corresponding to the selected program to the remote device; determine that the remote device has moved into the pre-defined area; and transmitting the program data to the primary display device, wherein the remote device leaves the pre-defined area at a first time and another remote device leaves the pre-defined area at a second time, and the method further comprises determining to transmit the program data to the remote device and the another remote device based on when the remote device and the another remote device left the pre-defined area, wherein a user of the remote device can leave the pre-defined area and continue to view the program data independent of the another remote device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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