Patent ID: 8646012
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling a television user to utilize an Internet device to request a Video-On-Demand (VOD) server in a television delivery system to stream a selected video to a Set Top Box (STB) of the television user, the method comprising the steps of: establishing an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the Internet device and an application external to the television delivery system executing at a web site external to the television delivery system, wherein the step of establishing the IP connection includes providing an Internet device identifier to the application; the application communicating with the VOD server to obtain a listing of videos available in the television delivery system; the application providing the Internet device with access to the listing of available videos through the IP connection; receiving at the application from the Internet device, an indication of the selected video; accessing by the application, an equipment-mapping table associating the Internet device identifier with an identifier of the STB of the user; and sending a request for the selected video from the application to the VOD server, the request including the identifier of the STB of the user; and wherein the Internet device is a device other than a Set Top Box (STB) that can access the Internet, delivering the selected video to the STB of the user through the television delivery system.