Patent ID: 8930491
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing media content events from a media content event access system, the method comprising: receiving, at the media content event access system, a request from a first media device for a media content event, wherein the first media device is a member of a plurality of media devices communicatively coupled to a first edge server, and wherein the plurality of media devices each include a memory with a first portion configured to store content events that are specified by a user and a second portion configured to store other media content events that are hidden from the user; communicating the requested media content event from the media content event access system to the first edge server that is communicatively coupled to the first media device, identifying, at the media content event access system, a second media device based on preferred media content event characteristics associated with the second media device, wherein at least one media content event characteristic of the requested media content event corresponds to at least one of the preferred media content event characteristics associated with the second media device, and wherein the second media device is able to communicatively couple to the first edge server and is a member of the plurality of media devices; and in response to identifying the second media device, communicating an identifier of the second media device from the media content event access system to the first edge server, wherein the requested media content event is also communicated to the identified second media device from the first edge server in response to the first edge server receiving the identifier of the second media device from the media content event access system, and wherein the requested media content event is stored in the second portion of the memory of the receiving second media device.