Patent ID: 9521446
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method executable by a communication server to provide remote access to segments of a television program, the method comprising: maintaining a stored copy of the television program for access by the communication server; receiving, by the communication server, first information from a first communication device specifying a beginning and an end of a first segment of a television program, wherein the first information is defined by a user viewing a different copy of the same television program, rather than the stored copy of the television program that is maintained by the communication server, the different copy being separately received by the first communication device from a broadcast source that does not include the communication server; subsequently receiving, by the communication server, a first request for access to the first segment defined by the user of the first communication device, wherein the subsequent request is received from a second communication device; and in response to the first request, the communication server extracting the first segment of the television program from the stored copy of the television program maintained by the communication server and forwarding the first segment of the television program extracted by the communication server to the second communication device.