Patent ID: 8713614

Claim:
A method of transferring an output of audiovisual content between different output devices associated with a network, the method comprising: determining which devices associated with the network are suitable for outputting the audiovisual content, and displaying suitable devices, at a first output device; accepting a user input, at the first output device that is outputting audiovisual content, to select a second output device from the displayed output devices associated with the network, the second output device being a device which is in a low power mode in which it is not capable of outputting the audiovisual content; issuing, via the network, after the second output device has been selected, a signal to the second output device to exit the low power mode and become capable of outputting the audiovisual content; leaving, by the second output device, in response to the signal to exit the low power mode, and becoming capable of outputting the audiovisual content; ceasing the output of the audiovisual content on the first output device; transmitting the audiovisual content to a recording unit; recording the audiovisual content, at the recording unit, from the point at which the output of the audiovisual content on the first output device is ceased, to produce recorded audiovisual content; transmitting the recorded audiovisual content from the recording unit to the second output device; and outputting the audiovisual content on the second output device from a point at which output was ceased on the first output device.