Remote viewing of multimedia content

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A multimedia distribution method, comprising:
transmitting, via a service provider network, a first multimedia stream associated with a program to a first terminal device of a network client; receiving a remote viewing request to view the program on a second terminal device; accessing remote viewing configuration information indicating either:
a viewed device as a default device and a viewing device as a non-default device; orthe viewed device as the non-default device and the viewing device as the default device; responsive to determining that terminal services are resident on the default device, invoking terminal services of the default device to perform terminal service operations fulfilling the remote viewing request; and responsive to determining that terminal services are not resident on the default device, invoking terminal services of the non-default device to perform the terminal service operations; wherein the terminal service operations include:
generating a second multimedia stream based on the first multimedia stream; andproviding the second multimedia stream to the second terminal device.