发明名称 Methods, systems and computer program products for providing a media file to a designated set-top box
摘要 Methods of providing a media file include receiving the media file and an identification of a destination set-top box for the media file at a server device. The received media file is transmitted from the server device to the identified set-top box in an Internet protocol television (IPTV) multimedia format.
申请公布号 US8839321(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.09.16
申请号 US201113075007 申请日期 2011.03.29
申请人 AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP 发明人 Elbarky Mahmoud
分类号 H04N7/18;H04N21/40;H04N21/2743;H04N7/173;H04N21/218;H04N21/2343;H04N21/61;H04N21/4788 主分类号 H04N7/18
代理机构 Guntin & Gust, PLC 代理人 Guntin & Gust, PLC ;Hrutka Joseph P.
主权项 1. A method, comprising: identifying, by a source set-top box comprising a processor, a media file; receiving, by the source set-top box managed by a first user, a first request to add a destination set-top box to a contact list of the first user; transmitting, by the source set-top box, a second request to the destination set-top box managed by a second user to validate the first request to add the destination set-top box to the contact list; receiving, by the source set-top box, a first response from the destination set-top box, the first response comprising a denial message or an acceptance message; adding, by the source set-top box, the destination set-top box to the contact list when the first response is the acceptance message; receiving, by the source set-top box, a third request to provide the media file and an identification of the destination set-top box when the response is the acceptance message; determining, by the source set-top box, if the destination set-top box has sufficient memory space available to receive the media file in response to the third request; delaying, by the source set-top box, delivery of the media file to the destination set-top box when the destination set-top box is determined to have insufficient memory until the destination set-top box has been managed by the second user to have sufficient memory; converting, by the source set-top box, the media file to a converted media file having a format suitable for the destination set-top box when the destination set-top box is determined to have sufficient memory based on actions taken by the second user; and maintaining, by the source set-top box, the contact list at the source set-top box without change when the response is the denial message.
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