Patent ID: 8082572

Claim:
A system of displaying audio/visual information on an output device using a set top box and a hand held computing device to store the audio/visual information and control the set top box, the system comprising: (a) two or more set top boxes (STBs) for controlling a display of audio/visual information, wherein each STB is configured to: (i) receive broadcast audio/visual information; (ii) transmit audio/visual information to a hand held computing device; (iii) receive audio/visual information from the hand held computing device; (iv) transform the audio/visual information received from the hand held computing device to a form suitable for presentation on an output device; and (v) cause the transformed audio/visual information to be displayed on the output device; (b) the hand held computing device configured to: (i) receive a user command from a user; (ii) translate the user command into a command signal; (iii) control one or more of the STBs using the command signal; (iv) receive audio/visual information from a first STB; (v) store the received audio/visual information; (vi) transmit the stored audio/visual information to a second STB for display on the output device.