Patent ID: 8613028
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring an output of audiovisual content to different output devices in a local network, the method comprising: accepting user input, at a first output device that is outputting audiovisual content, to select a second output device from the output devices in the local network, wherein the selected second output device is in the local network but is turned off; responsive to the selection of the second output device, receiving at the second output device the audiovisual content from a source device and not from the first output device, the source device being a device external to the local network and different from the first output device, the second output device, and a device in the local network directly connected to the first or second output devices; after the second output device has been selected, detecting when the second output device is turned on by a user; outputting the audiovisual content on the second output device in response to said detecting the second output device being turned on; and transmitting the audiovisual content from the source device to the second output device, said transmitting including: transmitting the audiovisual content to recording circuitry associated with the second output device, and recording the audiovisual content, in the recording circuitry, from a point at which the output of the audiovisual content on the first output device is ceased, to produce recorded audiovisual content.