Patent ID: 9055135
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A target device, comprising: a place-shifting client configured to communicate with a place-shifting server associated with a television receiver, the place-shifting client configured to receive a media stream containing a previously-identified live broadcast of a television program from the place-shifting server across a network; an output device connected to the place-shifting client, the output device configured to output the previously-identified live broadcast of the television program received by the place-shifting client; and a scheduler connected to the place-shifting client, the scheduler including a list of at least one program to be place-shifted, the list including a time at which each program is to be placed-shifted, the scheduler configured to cause the place-shifting server to establish the connection with the place-shifting client if a time at which a program to be place-shifted will occur within a predetermined time interval; wherein the previously-identified live broadcast of the television program is identified prior to the beginning of the live broadcast; wherein the time at which each program is to be place-shifted is determined by the target device by obtaining a local time in a time zone in which the target device is currently located and converting the local time in the time zone in which the target device is located to a local time for the time zone in which television receiver is located; and wherein a network connection between the place-shifting server and the place-shifting client is automatically established when the previously-identified live broadcast of the television program is scheduled to presently occur by comparing the local time for the time zone in which television receiver is located to each time in the list.