Patent ID: 8001236

Claim:
A method for remote monitoring and control of a content-consumption device, said method comprising: a) establishing a content-consumption-device connection between a first content-consumption device and a server system, wherein said first content-consumption device is a device on which a user may consume content and wherein said first content-consumption device is in a powered-on state; b) establishing a monitoring-device connection between a first monitoring device and said server system; c) receiving a first content-capture request at said server system from said first monitoring device, wherein said first content-capture request comprises a request to capture a content-shot indicative of a content being consumed on said first content-consumption device; d) sending, from said server system to said first content-consumption device, a second content-capture request in response to said first content-capture request; e) receiving a first captured content at said server system from said first content-consumption device, wherein said first captured content is indicative of a first content being consumed at said first content-consumption device; and f) sending a second captured content from said server system to said first monitoring device, said second captured content related to said first captured content.