Patent ID: 9743142
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A premises network resource management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of tuner resources within a plurality of premises devices, said resource management apparatus comprising: processing apparatus; and storage apparatus in data communication with said processing apparatus and comprising at least one computer program, said at least one program comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed by said processing apparatus: receive a request for content from a first one of said plurality of premises devices; obtain information regarding said plurality of tuner resources of said plurality of premises devices; determine that no tuner resources of said first one of said plurality of premises devices are available to access said requested content based on said information regarding said plurality of tuner resources of said plurality of premises devices; in response to said determination that no tuner resources of said first one of said plurality of premises devices are available to access said requested content, identify, from among said plurality of tuner resources of said plurality of premises devices based on said information regarding said plurality of tuner resources, a tuner resource of a second one of said plurality of premises devices available to access said requested content; maintain a content routing table, said content routing table comprising information at least relating to a plurality of programs and respective routing thereof; update said content routing table to reflect routing of said requested content to said available tuner resource of said second one of said plurality of premises devices; cause said available tuner resource of said second one of said plurality of premises devices to tune to said requested content; and provide said requested content to said first one of said plurality of premises devices.