MEDIA CONTENT CROWDSOURCE

摘要

The provisioning of media content to computing devices that might not normally have access thereto. Example types of media or media content may include advertising media, broadcast media, social media, news media, and others.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a request at a television receiver from a satellite television provider to transfer particular content to a secondary device over a broadband terrestrial communication channel, wherein the television receiver is associated with a first customer account of the satellite television provider, and wherein the secondary device is associated with a second customer account of the satellite television provider different from the first customer account; allocating by the television receiver a particular tuner of the television receiver to receive the particular content over a satellite communication channel; receiving negotiation information at the television receiver from the satellite television provider to link the television receiver with the secondary device; and establishing a communication connection between the television receiver and the secondary device in order to transfer the particular content to the secondary device over the broadband terrestrial communication channel.