Patent ID: 8667279

Claim:
A method executable by a place shifting device for securely providing a place-shifted media stream from the place shifting device to a remote player via a communications network, the method comprising: receiving a request for a connection from the remote player at the place shifting device via the communications network; in response to the request for the connection, requesting an authorization credential from a remotely located central server via the communications network wherein the remotely-located central server is separate from both the remote player and the place shifting device, wherein the authorization credential is generated by the central server to authorize a placeshifting session between the remote device and the place shifting device, and wherein the authorization credential is provided from the central server to both the remote player and the place shifting device via the communications network; and establishing the placeshifting session between the place shifting device and the remote player over the communications network using the authorization credential received from the remotely located central server to thereby securely provide the place-shifted media stream from the place shifting device to the remote device.