Apparatus and method for storing and providing a portion of media content to a communication device
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1. A mobile device, comprising:
- a memory to store computer instructions; and
a controller coupled with the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising;
presenting media content transmitted by a gateway in communication with an interactive television network, the media content provide by a server of the interactive television network;
detecting an error in the presenting of the media content;
generating a storage request for storing a remaining portion of the media content at the gateway responsive to the detecting of the error, wherein the storage request is generated without user input at the mobile device, wherein the remaining portion of the media content comprises content that has not been presented by the mobile device;
providing the storage request to the gateway to cause the gateway to access an electronic media guide for identifying the remaining portion of the media content and to cause the gateway to obtain and store the remaining portion of the media content at the gateway without obtaining and storing an entire copy of the media content at the gateway, wherein the gateway obtains the remaining portion of the media content from a network storage device that is remote from the gateway, and wherein the identifying of the remaining portion of the media content is based on guide information of the electronic media guide that corresponds to the media content and a run time of the media content;
subsequently generating a retrieval request for retrieving the remaining portion of the media content from the gateway, wherein the retrieval request is generated based on user input at the mobile device; and
providing the retrieval request to the gateway to cause the gateway to transmit the remaining portion of the media content for presentation at the mobile device.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile device having a controller to present media content provided by an interactive television (iTV) network, select a function during presentation of the media content to store at least a remaining portion of the media content, wherein the function is selected when the presentation of the media content is to be interrupted, store the media content in a memory location of the mobile device, select the function to retrieve the remaining portion of the media content from the memory location, and present the remaining portion of the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A mobile device, comprising:
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a memory to store computer instructions; and a controller coupled with the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising; presenting media content transmitted by a gateway in communication with an interactive television network, the media content provide by a server of the interactive television network; detecting an error in the presenting of the media content; generating a storage request for storing a remaining portion of the media content at the gateway responsive to the detecting of the error, wherein the storage request is generated without user input at the mobile device, wherein the remaining portion of the media content comprises content that has not been presented by the mobile device; providing the storage request to the gateway to cause the gateway to access an electronic media guide for identifying the remaining portion of the media content and to cause the gateway to obtain and store the remaining portion of the media content at the gateway without obtaining and storing an entire copy of the media content at the gateway, wherein the gateway obtains the remaining portion of the media content from a network storage device that is remote from the gateway, and wherein the identifying of the remaining portion of the media content is based on guide information of the electronic media guide that corresponds to the media content and a run time of the media content; subsequently generating a retrieval request for retrieving the remaining portion of the media content from the gateway, wherein the retrieval request is generated based on user input at the mobile device; and providing the retrieval request to the gateway to cause the gateway to transmit the remaining portion of the media content for presentation at the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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transmitting, by a system comprising a gateway, media content generated by an interactive television network to a mobile device via the gateway, wherein the transmitting of the media content causes presentation of the media content at the mobile device; receiving, by the gateway, a storage request to store a remaining portion of the media content from the mobile device when presentation of the media content is interrupted, wherein the storage request is received at the gateway responsive to a detection of an error in the presentation of the media content at the mobile device, wherein the receiving of the storage request is without user interaction, wherein the remaining portion of the media content comprises content that has not been presented by the mobile device; identifying, by the gateway, the remaining portion of the media content based on electronic guide information and a run time of the media content, the identifying of the remaining portion being responsive to the receiving of the storage request; obtaining and storing, by the gateway, the remaining portion of the media content at the gateway without obtaining and storing an entire copy of the media content at the gateway; subsequently receiving, by the gateway, a retrieval request to access the remaining portion of the media content from the mobile device; and subsequently transmitting, by the gateway, the remaining portion of the media content to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A tangible computer-readable storage device, storing computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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presenting media content at a display device, the media content provided by an interactive television network and transmitted to the display device via a gateway in communication with the interactive television network; detecting an error in the presenting of the media content; responsive to the detecting of the error and without user interaction, transmitting a storage request to the gateway that causes the gateway to obtain a remaining portion of the media content based on electronic programming guide information and causes the gateway to store the remaining portion of the media content without obtaining and storing an entire copy of the media content at the gateway wherein the remaining portion of the media content comprises content that has not been presented at the display device; subsequently generating a retrieval request for retrieving the remaining portion of the media content from the gateway, wherein the retrieval request is generated based on user input at a mobile device; and subsequently presenting the remaining portion of the media content at the display device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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