Providing remote access to multimedia content

摘要

Remote access to multimedia content is provided to hardware devices that have been predesignated as approved. For example, a customer premises equipment (CPE) device such as a set-top box may transmit digital television content to a mobile telephone. The multimedia content may be simulcast to multiple remote hardware devices by the CPE device.

主权项

1. A customer premises equipment device, comprising:
a first input to receive a hardware identifier associated with a remote hardware device and indicating the remote hardware device as approved; a second input to receive a request from the remote hardware device to remotely receive the multimedia content; a processor to:
verify that the remote hardware device based associated with the hardware identifier has been approved;transmit the multimedia content to the remote hardware device upon verification that the remote hardware device has been approved;responsive to receiving a remote hardware device request to interact with a digital video recorder user interface, transmit digital video recorder user interface data to the remote hardware device; andresponsive to receiving, from the remote hardware device, digital video recorder user interface input indicating a requested digital video recorder function, performing the requested digital video recorder function; a receiver to receive the multimedia content from a multimedia content provider network; and a transmitter to transmit the multimedia content to the remote hardware device; wherein the hardware identifier is an International Mobile Equipment Identity number associated with the remote hardware device.