Patent ID: 8719885

Claim:
A media device comprising: a first interface coupled to an antenna that is configured to receive a program content stream that is being broadcast in a signal from a satellite that has received the program content stream from a media transmit facility, wherein the program content stream includes at least one program of interest; a processor system, wherein the processor system is configured to process the received program of interest for communication to a media presentation device, wherein the processor system is configured to determine an occurrence of a qualifying event that indicates that a portion of the program of interest is unavailable at the media device, wherein the qualifying event is associated with weather interference of the signal being broadcast from the satellite such that a plurality of video frames of the program of interest are not correctly received and processed by the processor system, wherein the processor system is configured to identify a last properly received and processed video frame of the program of interest received in the signal from the satellite, and wherein the processor system is configured to generate a request for a recoverable portion of the program of interest corresponding to the unavailable portion of the program of interest, wherein the request identifies the last properly received and processed video frame of the program of interest; a second interface configured to establish a backchannel to communicatively couple the media device to a program content device via the backchannel, wherein the backchannel is established in response to determining the occurrence of the qualifying event by the processor system; wherein the second interface is configured to communicate the request to the program content device, and wherein the second interface is configured to receive the recoverable portion of the program of interest from the program content device over the backchannel between the media device and the program content device, wherein the received recoverable portion of the program of interest includes at least a beginning recoverable video frame that corresponds to the last properly received and processed video frame of the program of interest; and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor system and communicatively coupled to at least the first interface, and configured to store a continuing portion of the program of interest that becomes available from the program content stream in the signal received from the satellite after conclusion of the qualifying event, wherein the processor system is further configured to process the received continuing portion of the program of interest for communication to the media presentation device, and is further configured to retrieve and process the stored remaining duration of the program of interest after the conclusion of the qualifying event.