Patent ID: 8850496

Claim:
A device, comprising: a memory; and one or more processors to: receive a request to register a user device from an input entered by a remote control associated with the device; receive, at a user interface of a display associated with the device, device information via the user interface from an input entered by the remote control associated with the device, wherein the device information identifies one or more of a video format, a protocol, or a frame rate supported by a user device, register the user device based on the device information, wherein registering the user device includes storing registration information for the user device in a data storage associated with the device, transmit the registration information to the user device, receive, from the user device, a request for video content and closed captioning content associated with the video content, wherein the request includes the registration information, authenticate the user device based on the registration information, obtain, based on the request, a first video stream that includes the video content and the closed captioning content, where the closed captioning content in the first video stream is incapable of being played by the user device; convert the video content and the closed captioning content, obtained from the first video stream, to the video format identified by the device information; assemble a second video stream that includes the converted video content and the converted closed captioning content that conform to the video format identified by the device information; output, to the user device, the second video stream using the protocol identified by the device information, where the second video stream enables the user device to play the converted video content and the converted closed captioning content, and store, in the data storage associated with the device: a device identifier associated with the user device, wherein the device identifier includes at least one of a mobile directory number, a landline directory number, or an electronic serial number, and at least one of a username, a password or a personal identification number associated with a user of the user device.