Patent ID: 7551918

Claim:
A portable mobile communications device for controlling the destination of mobile TV programs broadcast by a mobile TV service provider comprising: a mobile TV device; a processor running a mobile TV redirect application communicable with the mobile TV service provider; a user interface for controlling the mobile TV device and the mobile TV redirect application, such that mobile TV broadcast programs can be simultaneously redirected to an external device in response to input received by the user interface and sent to the mobile TV service provider wherein the redirection of the selected broadcast program from the mobile TV service provider to one or more destinations can be terminated when input is received from the user interface on the portable mobile communications device, wherein the input for terminating the current broadcast from the mobile TV service provider to the portable mobile communications device comprises: prompting, via an interactive voice feature on the portable mobile communications device, whether to terminate the redirection of the selected broadcast program from the mobile TV service provider to one or more destinations: receiving input in response to the prompt whether to terminate the redirection of the selected broadcast program from the mobile TV service provider to one or more destinations: and causing, via wirelessly sending a control signal to the mobile TV service provider, termination of redirecting the selected broadcast program from the mobile TV service provider to the selected one or more destinations.