Patent ID: 8473991
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a user device connected to a content server via a public network, the method comprising: accessing, by the user device, user-selected information associated with displaying and backing up of images, wherein the user-selected information associated with the backing up of the images includes at least one of a time or frequency setting; sending, to a digital video recorder (DVR) server via the public network, a request to display images on a video display device associated with one or more local servers; receiving, from the DVR server and via the public network, a notification that images are to be uploaded to the content server, the notification including an address associated with the content server; selecting, by the user device and in response to the notification, one or more images of a plurality of images stored on the user device; sending, by the user device and via the public network, the one or more images to the content server based on the address associated with the content server; sending, to at least one local server of the one or more local servers and via a local network, a notification that the one or more images are to be retrieved from the content server for display on the video display device; and determining, based on the at least one of time or frequency setting whether to back up the images.