Patent ID: 8875168

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a server, running an Open Cable Application Platform (“OCAP”) compliant application program: i) a first identifier of an input device, the input device being situated at a first customer premises equipment location and being capable of generating a first media signal, ii) a second identifier of an output device, the output device being capable of presenting the first media signal to a user, and iii) a trigger condition for evaluating the first media signal, wherein the trigger condition is based upon calendrical time and the server being situated at a location that is different from the first customer premises equipment location; receiving, at the server, the first media signal originating at the input device represented by the first identifier; and when the trigger condition is met, the OCAP compliant application program transmitting the first media signal to: the output device represented by the second identifier during a first predefined period of time, wherein the first predefined period of time is defined in a calendar; and an output device represented by a third identifier during a second predefined period of time, wherein the second predefined period of time is defined in the calendar.