Patent ID: 7812854

Claim:
A method comprising: maintaining an account for a subscriber, wherein the account is associated with a mobile video player (MVP) and a digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the MVP is served by a wireless carrier, and wherein the DVR is connected to a packet-data network; receiving a first content request from the MVP via the wireless carrier, wherein the first content request identifies requested content and includes an identifier of the MVP, and wherein the identifier of the MVP was added to the first content request by the wireless carrier to verify that the MVP sent the first content request; using the identifier of the MVP to identify the account; sending a second content request to the DVR over the packet-data network, wherein the second content request identifies the requested content; receiving the requested content from the DVR over the packet-data network; and sending the requested content to the MVP via the wireless carrier, for receipt and playing of the requested content by the MVP for the subscriber.