Patent ID: 9667909
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for providing media content using a replacement content device that is communicatively coupled to at least one media device, the method comprising: receiving, at the replacement content device, a plurality of first notifications of a failed recording event from each of a plurality of media devices, wherein the failed recording event is an occurrence of a failed recording of at least a portion of a media content event that is broadcast over a broadcast network to the plurality of media devices from a media content broadcast facility; determining, at the replacement content device, one or more content sources with at least a portion of available media content corresponding to the failed recording of at least the portion of the media content event; communicating a request to at least one of a plurality of content sources, wherein the request includes first information identifying the failed recording of at least the portion of the media content event; receiving second information from the at least one of the plurality of content sources that indicates a future time of broadcast that at least the portion of the media content event that failed recording will be rebroadcast; and communicating from the replacement content device a plurality of second notifications to each of the plurality of media devices, wherein the second notification indicates the future time of broadcast that at least the portion of the media content event that failed recording will be rebroadcast.