Patent ID: 7694322
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of receiving content on a portable mobile communications device from a mobile TV service provider, the method comprising: creating and storing a mobile pointer record within the portable mobile communications device, the mobile pointer record containing data that identifies content to be delivered at a later date from the mobile TV service provider to the portable mobile communications device responsive to a subsequent request from the portable mobile communications device; sending the mobile pointer record data to a content server maintained by the mobile TV service provider; and creating and storing a content server pointer record within the content server that corresponds to the mobile pointer record such that the mobile TV service provider can associate the content server pointer record with stored content; such that when the request is sent to the mobile TV service provider from the portable mobile communications device by selecting the mobile pointer record for the content, the mobile TV service provider identifies the content via the content server pointer record and delivers the requested stored content to the portable mobile communications device, wherein the mobile pointer record includes data records that identify the portable mobile communications device, a channel associated with the content, a program name for the content, and a pointer number, and wherein when a start time and a stop time are included in the mobile pointer record, the start time designated at the portable mobile communications device designates when a desired portion of the content is scheduled to be delivered, and the stop time designated at the portable mobile communications device designates when the desired portion of the content is scheduled to complete delivery, and when the start time and the stop time are not designated the entire content is desired and the start time and the stop time being derived from an electronic program guide.