Patent ID: 9648393
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method in a server, comprising a processing system including a processor, for providing various interactive television signal qualities, the method comprising: receiving a request to receive an interactive television signal with a first signal quality over a first network connection at a first device, and to receive the interactive television signal with a second signal quality over a second network connection at a second device at substantially the same time; determining that the second network connection has a sufficient bandwidth to transmit the interactive television signal to the second device at the second signal quality and that the second device is capable of receiving the interactive television signal at the second signal quality; transmitting the interactive television signal with the first signal quality over the first network connection to the first device; determining that the second device is associated with a same user account as the first device; and transmitting the interactive television signal with the second signal quality over the second network connection to the second device for storage on the second device and later use by a user of both the first and second devices at substantially the same time as transmitting the interactive television signal to the first device.