Patent ID: 8185928
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting, from a media box, a first data request to a media module at a scheduled time; determining, at the media box, that the media module is inaccessible; polling, from the media box, the media module to determine accessibility of the media module; receiving, at the media box, one or more responses to the polling of the media module, wherein the one or more responses indicate accessibility of the media module; setting, at the media box, a rescheduled time for the media box to transmit a second data request to the media module, wherein setting the rescheduled time comprises: transmitting, from the media box, a second data request to the media module at the rescheduled time; wherein the rescheduled time is based on: where T represents the rescheduled time, R