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 method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to:
determine 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; transmit program data from the DVR to the remote device while the remote device remains outside of the pre-defined area; determine that another device has moved outside the pre-defined area; and transmit the program data from the DVR to the other device while the other device is outside the pre-defined area and the remote device is inside the pre-defined area, wherein the remote device has not left the pre-defined area while the other device has moved outside the pre- defined area; determine that the other device has returned to the pre-defined area; and cease the transmission of the program data to the other device based on determining that the other device has returned to the pre-defined area; and determine that a user has left the pre-defined area based on the another device having left the pre-defined area while the remote device is within the pre-defined area, wherein: the DVR stores a relationship between the another device and the remote device; the other device is at least one of a RFID tag, a key fob, an infrared receiver and transmitter, and a local wireless radio receiver and transmitter; and the program data is streamed to the remote device for real-time viewing without storing the program data in the remote device.