TRANSFERRING A BROADCAST TRANSMISSION TO A REMOTE DEVICE

摘要

An approach is described that includes determining that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area associated with a digital video recorder (DVR), and transmitting program data from the DVR to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area. Another approach includes a digital video recorder (DVR) having a memory and a processor. The DVR operates to: receive an incoming transmission signal; transmit a selected program to a primary display device; determine that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area; and transmit program data corresponding to the selected program to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area.

主权项

1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and the program instructions are readable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
determining that a remote device has moved outside of a pre-defined area associated with a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the determining is performed by the DVR; and transmitting program data from the DVR to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area, wherein: the determining that the remote device has moved outside of the pre-defined area comprises transmitting an infrared or wireless radio signal from the DVR to the remote device; and the DVR determines one of:
the remote device is within the pre-defined area when the DVR receives a return infrared or wireless radio signal from the remote device; andthe remote device is outside of the pre-defined area when the DVR does not receive a return infrared or wireless radio signal from the remote device.