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Facilitating placeshifting using matrix codes

  • US 9,686,584 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2013
  • Issued: 06/20/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for transmitting placeshifted content, comprising:

  • a content receiver comprising a first processor, wherein the first processor is provided with computer implemented instructions to;

    receive audiovisual content from a service provider and transmit the audiovisual content to a presentation device for display to a user;

    generate, based at least in part on the audiovisual content and/or data associated with the audiovisual content, a matrix code;

    record the audiovisual content upon generation of the matrix code; and

    transmit the matrix code to the presentation device for display to the user;

    a target device communicably coupled to a network, the target device comprising;

    an optical input device configured to optically detect the matrix code, anda second processor communicably coupled to the optical input device, wherein the second processor is provided with computer implemented instructions to;

    decode the matrix code; and

    generate, based at least in part on the decoded matrix code, a request to receive at the target device the audiovisual content previously transmitted from the service provider to the content receiver; and

    a placeshifting device communicably coupled to the network, the placeshifting device comprising a third processor, wherein the third processor is provided with computer implemented instructions to;

    receive across the network the target device'"'"'s request for the audiovisual content; and

    based at least in part on the request, retrieve from a storage device the audiovisual content for transmission over the network to the target device.

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