Mobile device base station for enhanced signal strength for on-demand media services
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining on-demand media content at a base station for use on a portable media device, comprising:
- receiving a request for on-demand media content from a subscriber, wherein the subscriber subscribes to a service to receive the on-demand media content;
sending the request for the on-demand media content from the base station to an on-demand media content source;
receiving the on-demand media content at the base station;
storing the on-demand media content on a storage device in communication with the base station;
transferring the recorded media content from the base station to the portable media device; and
wherein the base station is a subscriber device.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for capturing on-demand media content for use with portable media devices, including wireless phones, using a based station to provide for enhanced signal strength capture. These embodiments provide for the reception/distribution of on-demand media content, which can include, among other things, video content (such as television programming, movies, etc.), audio content (such as radio programming, audio recordings, etc.), data content (such as Internet data—web pages, electronic mail, etc.), voice transmissions (such as telephone transmissions, etc.) and/or the like.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining on-demand media content at a base station for use on a portable media device, comprising:
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receiving a request for on-demand media content from a subscriber, wherein the subscriber subscribes to a service to receive the on-demand media content; sending the request for the on-demand media content from the base station to an on-demand media content source; receiving the on-demand media content at the base station; storing the on-demand media content on a storage device in communication with the base station; transferring the recorded media content from the base station to the portable media device; and wherein the base station is a subscriber device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing content to a base station for a portable media device on-demand in a content-on-demand environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a subscriber to monitor at least one source of real-time on-demand content; the base station monitoring at least one source of real-time on-demand content, wherein the base station is a subscriber device; identifying a set of real-time on-demand content to provide to a subscriber; obtaining, at the base station, the identified set of real-time on-demand content wherein the base station is the subscriber'"'"'s device; maintaining the identified set of real-time on-demand content at a storage device in communication with the base station; and transferring the identified set of real-time on-demand content from the base station to the portable media device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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