Patent ID: 8832743

Claim:
A system for providing remote access to television programming recorded using a television receiver, the system comprising: the television receiver, configured to: receive input indicating a timer for recording a television channel during a time period; record television programming on the television channel during the time period indicated by the timer, wherein the television channel is received via a television distribution network; receive input indicating the television programming is to be stored remotely; transmit the television programming to a media distribution management system via a second network; and transmit an indication of a user account to the media distribution management system via the second network; and the media distribution management system, configured to: receive the television programming via the second network; store the television programming; schedule encoding of the stored television programming into a plurality of versions of the stored television programming at a scheduled time; and in response to a request from a user device being received prior to the scheduled time, encode the stored television programming linked with the user account into a version of the stored television programming at a bitrate associated with the user device.