Patent ID: 8949923
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. In a media content delivery environment having subscribers coupled to a content delivery network for receiving media on a rendering device, a method for redirecting local media content to a remote location comprising: identifying a local receiving device responsive to a content provider for delivering media content to rendering devices in a local media network; determining whether a rendering device is accessible via the local media network; and redirecting, if the rendering device is outside the local media network, media content to a remote receiving device, by: concluding that the rendering device is outside the local media network based on a difference between the determined network identity and the network identity of the local receiving device; and redirecting a rendering signal including the media content from the local receiving device to the rendering device via a redirection device, the redirection device coupled between the local receiving device and a redirection network for transporting the redirected rendering signal, redirection further including receiving the rendering signal at the redirection device; redirecting the rendering signal after processing through the local receiving device, and forwarding the rendering signal to a current location of the rendering device by transmitting the rendering signal to a specific network identifier associated with a corresponding rendering device.