Patent ID: 8484687

Claim:
A method of providing Video On Demand (VOD) content to a subscriber through a Guest Set Top Box (STB) different from the subscribers Home STB registered with the subscriber's Home VOD System, wherein the subscriber has access to a computing device for communicating with a VOD Back Office, the method comprising the steps of: associating the computing device with the Guest STB, wherein the VOD Back Office stores an association of a computing device identifier (ID) and a Guest STB equipment ID, and wherein the associating step includes: the computing device prompting the subscriber to press a designated key on the Guest STB or a Guest STB Remote Control, the Guest STB sending the Guest STB equipment ID to the VOD Back Office in response to the designated key being pressed, the VOD Back Office sending a code toward the Guest STB for display on a Guest television; and inputting the code into the computing device, wherein the code is utilized as the computing device ID in the association; sending from the VOD Back Office to the computing device, a catalog of VOD content for display on the computing device, wherein the catalog contains VOD content available to the subscriber for viewing through the Guest STB; receiving by the VOD Back Office, a request from the computing device indicating the subscriber has entered a selection to view a selected piece of VOD content, the request including the computing device ID; sending an instruction from the VOD Back Office to a Guest Headend Hub to set up a session with the Guest STB and force tune the Guest STB to a selected frequency, the Guest STB being identified through the stored association; and streaming the selected piece of VOD content on the selected frequency from the Guest Headend Hub to the Guest STB for display on the Guest television.