Patent ID: 7907728

Claim:
A method of facilitating playback of a television program from a remote location in communication with a television network through an IP network, the television network being associated with a television service provider that transmits scrambled television signals to plurality of subscriber locations, the method comprising: receiving the scrambled television signals with a first output device connected to the television network at one of the subscriber locations, the scrambled television signals being used to simultaneously transmit a plurality of television programs within a plurality of television channels; storing a first program included within the plurality of television programs in a scrambled state on a memory associated with the first output device, the scrambled state being the same as a scrambled state used by the television service provider when transmitting the scrambled television signals; and transmitting the first program stored on the memory of the first output device to a second output device at the remote location without unscrambling the first program from the scrambled state.