Patent ID: 9015225
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to allow a first server to contact a home placeshifting device over a network using a message server, the method comprising: receiving a first request at the message server, wherein the first request is initiated by the home placeshifting device as an outgoing request, the first request identifying the home placeshifting device; establishing a connection between the message server and the home placeshifting device in response to the first request from the home placeshifting device; maintaining the connection as a persistent connection between the message server and the home placeshifting device; after the connection is established, receiving a second request from the first server at the message server, wherein the second request identifies the home placeshifting device; in response to the second request, transmitting a message from the message server to the home placeshifting device over the persistent connection established between the message server and the home placeshifting device.