Patent ID: 8613031
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring video and sound data from a first digital video recorder situated in a first local area network to a second digital video recorder situated in a second local area network comprising the steps of: recording video and sound data with the first digital video recorder in the first local area network; providing a distinct address of the second digital video recorder in the second local area network; identifying the second digital video recorder in the second local area network by the address; establishing a direct and secure connection between the first digital video recorder in the first local area network and the second digital video recorder in the second local area network, the first local area network being separate and distinct from the second local area network; sending the video and sound data from the first digital video recorder in the first local area network through a communications network to the second digital video recorder in the second local area network; enabling the second digital video recorder in the second local area network to access the video and sound data from the first digital video recorder in the first local network through the use of a distinct passcode; receiving the video and sound data with the second digital video recorder in the second local area network; wherein the first local area network is serviced through a first service area node by a first network service provider and the second local area network is serviced through a second service area node by a second network service provider; wherein the first digital video recorder situated in the first local area network is operated by a first user under a first user account and the second digital video recorder in the second local area network is operated by a second user under a second user account; and wherein the first network service provider and the second network service provider communicate throughout the communications network.