Patent ID: 7774809

Claim:
A method of delivering audio or video mass medium programming to at least one subscriber in a network, said network having at least one programming origination station and a subscriber station, said subscriber station for receiving programming from an intermediate transmission station and outputting information to said at least one subscriber at an output device, said method comprising the steps of: transmitting, from said at least one programming origination station, said audio or video mass medium programming to said intermediate transmission station; transmitting, from said at least one programming origination station, to said intermediate transmission station control information associated with said audio or video mass medium programming; controlling said intermediate transmission station based on determining the composition of said control information, said step of controlling comprising: storing said audio or video mass medium programming for retransmission at said intermediate transmission station; generating a program instruction set at said intermediate transmitter station; linking said program instruction set to said audio or video mass medium programming at said intermediate transmission station; and transmitting said audio or video mass medium programming and said program instruction set from said intermediate transmission station to said subscriber station; receiving said audio or video mass medium programming and said program instruction set at said subscriber station; controlling said subscriber station by processing said program instruction set, said step of controlling comprising: selecting at least one of (i) a storage device and (ii) an output device as a destination device at said subscriber station; and communicating said audio or video mass medium programming to said selected destination device for delivery to said at least one subscriber.