Patent ID: 8453185

Claim:
A method of transmitting data from a set top box to a mobile device, comprising: receiving at the set top box, from a content provider, an indication associated with the data, wherein the indication signals a beginning of the data being received at the receiver; determining, by the set top box, that the data has been pre-selected; in response to determining that the data has been pre-selected, generating a message, the message prompting a user of the mobile device to select whether to initiate transfer of the data from the receiver to the mobile device; transmitting the message to the mobile device; receiving a reply from the mobile device, the reply requesting initiation of the transfer of the data that was pre-selected from the set top box to the mobile device; and in response to receiving the reply requesting initiation of the transfer of the data from the set top box that has been preselected, transmitting the data from the set top box to the mobile device.