Patent ID: 8732780
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of receiving a media program comprising a first portion and a second portion temporally following the first portion, comprising the steps of: accepting a command to receive a broadcast transmission of the media program after the first portion of the broadcast transmission of the media program has already been broadcast, the broadcast transmission having data packets packetized according to a broadcast protocol; receiving a point-to-point transmission of the first portion of the media program while receiving and storing the broadcast transmission of the second portion of the media program, the point-to-point transmission having the data packets packetized according to the broadcast communication protocol and transmitted according to a point-to-point point protocol different than the broadcast protocol; appending the beginning of the received second portion of the media program to the end of the received first portion of the media program; wherein: