Patent ID: 8898707
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions, which when executed by a processor of a set-top box, cause the processor to facilitate performance of operations comprising: receiving a satellite signal associated with a multimedia satellite service from a multimedia satellite service provider; presenting, at a media device, a first satellite program of a plurality of satellite programs available by way of the satellite services that are received from the satellite signal; receiving, during the presenting of the first satellite program, a first request from a cell phone for content information associated with media content provided by the multimedia satellite service and comprising information related to a second satellite program of the plurality of satellite programs; transmitting, responsive to the first request, to a media system that is separate from the multimedia satellite service, over an Ethernet connection disassociated with the satellites signal, a second request for the content information uploaded to the media system by satellite service providers to cause the media system to submit a fee to the multimedia satellite provider related to the content information; receiving, without interrupting the presenting of the first satellite program, the content information comprising video related to the plurality of satellite programs, incorporated in an electronic programming guide and sent over the Ethernet connection, wherein the Ethernet connection is within equipment of a service provider other than the multimedia satellite service provider; providing to the cell phone the content information for presentation by the cell phone responsive to the second request, wherein presentation of the content information by the cell phone is concurrent with the presenting, at the media device, of the first satellite program; receiving, during the presenting of the first satellite program, a selection of a second satellite program of the plurality of satellite program from the cell phone selected from the content information received over the Ethernet connection for requesting the second satellite program; and buffering the first satellite program of the plurality of satellite programs received from the multimedia satellite service provider in a digital video recorder operably coupled to the set-top box while presenting the content information, wherein the content information comprises video trailers for a group of satellite programs of the plurality of satellite programs that are associated with equipment of the satellite service provider, and wherein the multimedia satellite service corresponds to an on-demand satellite delivered programming service.