Patent ID: 8195791

Claim:
A rendering device in a digital network having an access device and a storage device, wherein the rendering device comprises a processor configured to: receive a content; broadcast a message requesting the access device and the storage device to respond if they are diffusing the content; receive at least one response from the access device or from the storage device, the at least one response comprising a first response from the access device indicating that the access device is diffusing the content or a first response from the storage device indicating that the storage device is diffusing the content; wherein the first response has been independently sent by the access device or the storage device; wait a predetermined time after reception of the first response before determining if the content is live or recorded; determine that the content is live if the at least one response comprises a response only from the access device or responses from both the access device and the storage device; and determine that the content is recorded if the at least one response comprises a response only from the storage device.