Remote viewing of multimedia content
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a system including a processor, a remote viewing request to view a program on a second terminal device, wherein the program was included in a first multimedia stream that was transmitted, via a service provider network, to a first terminal device of a network client;
responsive to determining that terminal services are resident on a default device, invoking, by the system, the terminal services of the default device to perform terminal service operations fulfilling the remote viewing request; and
responsive to determining that the terminal services are not resident on the default device, invoking, by the system, the terminal services of a non-default device to perform the terminal service operations,wherein remote viewing configuration information indicates either;
a viewed device is the default device and a viewing device is the non-default device;
or the viewed device is the non-default device and the viewing device is the default device,wherein the terminal service operations include providing a second multimedia stream to the second terminal device, andwherein the second multimedia stream is generated by adjusting a format of the first multimedia stream.
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Abstract
A method and system for remote viewing of multimedia content using a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) is configured to duplicate multimedia content displayed on a first MCDN terminal device and route the duplicate multimedia content to a second MCDN terminal device. The MCDN terminal devices may be coupled to a local network at an MCDN client premises. The MCDN terminal devices may also include wireless telephony devices for mobile remote viewing functionality. The method may include transcoding of the multimedia content into a format suitable for the second MCDN terminal device.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a system including a processor, a remote viewing request to view a program on a second terminal device, wherein the program was included in a first multimedia stream that was transmitted, via a service provider network, to a first terminal device of a network client; responsive to determining that terminal services are resident on a default device, invoking, by the system, the terminal services of the default device to perform terminal service operations fulfilling the remote viewing request; and responsive to determining that the terminal services are not resident on the default device, invoking, by the system, the terminal services of a non-default device to perform the terminal service operations, wherein remote viewing configuration information indicates either;
a viewed device is the default device and a viewing device is the non-default device;
or the viewed device is the non-default device and the viewing device is the default device,wherein the terminal service operations include providing a second multimedia stream to the second terminal device, and wherein the second multimedia stream is generated by adjusting a format of the first multimedia stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A terminal device, comprising:
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a processor; a non-transitory computer readable medium, accessible to the processor, including processor executable program instructions which, when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising; responsive to detecting a remote viewer request associated with a first multimedia stream, performing remote viewing operations comprising accessing remote viewing configuration information indicating one of;
a viewed device and a viewing device as a default device, wherein the first multimedia stream is transmitted from a gateway coupled to a server of a service provider network; andresponsive to determining that the terminal device is the default device and that terminal services are resident on the default device;
generating a second multimedia stream by adjusting a format of the first multimedia stream and sending the second multimedia stream to a remote device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A server, comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium, accessible to the processor, including processor executable program instructions which, when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising; receiving a remote viewing request from a communication device; accessing remote viewing configuration information indicating one of;
a viewed device and a viewing device as a default device; andresponsive to determining that terminal services are resident on the default device, invoking the terminal services of the default device to perform terminal service operations comprising;
generating a second multimedia stream by adjusting a format of a first multimedia stream and providing the second multimedia stream to the communication device, wherein the first multimedia stream is transmitted, via a service provider network, to a first terminal device of a network client. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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