Systems and methods for providing broadcast content via distributed kiosks

摘要

A system includes a kiosk that receives signals broadcast from a service provider and a wireless interface that receives, from a mobile device, a request for first content included in the signals received by the kiosk. The first content corresponds to a first channel. The kiosk includes a plurality of tuners. The kiosk tunes a first tuner of the plurality of tuners to the first channel and the first tuner outputs the first content. The kiosk provides the first content to the wireless interface. The wireless interface transmits the first content to the mobile device.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a first kiosk that receives signals broadcast from a service provider; a wireless interface that receives, from a mobile device, a request for first content included in the signals received by the first kiosk, wherein the first content corresponds to a first channel, wherein the first kiosk includes
a plurality of tuners, wherein the first kiosk tunes a first tuner of the plurality of tuners to the first channel and the first tuner outputs the first content,wherein the first kiosk provides the first content to the wireless interface, andwherein the wireless interface transmits the first content to the mobile device; and a second kiosk that receives a fill request from the mobile device in response to the mobile device moving out of a first communication range of the first kiosk and within a second communication range of the second kiosk, wherein the fill request identifies the first content and a gap between a first time that the mobile device stopped receiving the first content from the first kiosk and a second time that the mobile device moved within the second communication range of the second kiosk; and the second kiosk provides, to the mobile device in response to the fill request, a portion of the first content corresponding to the gap.