Patent ID: 8775668
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by central office equipment of a provider network comprising a processor, a first multimedia stream representative of multimedia content from the provider network to a first receiver device of a plurality of receiver devices associated with a user; receiving, by the central office equipment of the provider network, a user-specified redirection rule; monitoring, by the central office equipment of the provider network, a plurality of first characteristics of the plurality of receiver devices associated with the user, wherein each first characteristic of the plurality of first characteristics is selected from a group consisting of locations, power levels, and signal levels of the plurality of receiver devices; detecting, by the central office equipment of the provider network, a triggering event corresponding to an occurrence of a condition associated with a first characteristic of the plurality of first characteristics of a second receiver device of the plurality of receiver devices, wherein the detecting of the triggering event occurs before the second receiver receives multimedia content; responsive to the detected triggering event: determining, by the central office equipment of the provider network, a plurality of second characteristics of the second receiver device of the plurality of receiver devices, before the second receiver begins receiving multimedia content; transcoding, by the central office equipment of the provider network, a second multimedia stream representative of the multimedia content producing a transcoded second multimedia stream according to a second characteristic of the plurality of second characteristics of the second receiver device; prompting equipment of the user for authorization to initiate transmission of the multimedia content to the second receiver device; initiating, by the central office equipment of the provider network, a redirection process to redirect transmission of the transcoded second multimedia stream of the multimedia content from the provider network to the second receiver device based on the user-specified redirection rule; providing notification to equipment of the user in response to a failed attempt to redirect transmission of the transcoded second multimedia stream of the multimedia content from the provider network to the second receiver device based on the user-specified redirection rule; and disabling the user-specified redirection rule in response to instruction received from equipment of the user.