System for Exchanging Media Content Between a Media Content Processor and a Communication Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016373791-A1
Application number	US-201615253094-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 31, 2016
Priority date	Sep 7, 2007
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media content processor having a controller adapted to detect an event associated with recorded media content derived from one among a plurality of media content sources, select a communication device of a subscriber of the media content processor, retrieve a portion of the recorded media content, generate a notice describing the event, and transmit the notice with the portion of the recorded media content to the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A device, comprising:
a processing system comprising a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving media content from a first portable communication device;
recording the media content on a digital video recorder (DVR) resulting in recorded media content;
identifying a second portable communication device according to presence information received from a wireless network for a plurality of communication devices, wherein the second portable communication device is one of the plurality of communication devices; and
transmitting the recorded media content from the DVR to the second portable communication device.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise transcoding the recorded media content according to characteristics of the second portable communication device.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a notice describing the recording of the media content.

4 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
retrieving, from an address book, contact information associated with the second portable communication device, wherein the contact information conforms to a multimedia messaging service protocol; and transmitting, via the wireless network and according to the multimedia messaging service protocol, the notice to the second portable communication device.

5 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving instructions from a portal to stream the recorded media content to the second portable communication device wherein the transmitting of the recorded media content from the DVR to the second portable communication device further comprises streaming the recorded media content to the second portable communication device.

6 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the notice comprises one of a title of the recorded media content, a start time of the recorded media content, a duration of the recorded media content, a description of the recorded media content, a genre of the recorded media content, an identification of a contributor of the recorded media content, pricing information, and combinations thereof.

7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is located within a premises and the second portable communication device is located remote to the premises.

8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the presence information indicates that the second portable communication device has been handed over from a first base station to a second base station.

9 . A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
recording media content on a digital video recorder (DVR) responsive to receiving the media content from a first portable communication device resulting in recorded media content; requesting presence information for a subscriber to a media content provider; identifying a second portable communication device according to presence information obtained from a wireless network for a plurality of communication devices associated with the subscriber, wherein the second portable communication device is one of the plurality of communication devices; and streaming the recorded media content from the DVR to the second portable communication device.

10 . The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise transcoding the recorded media content according to characteristics of the second portable communication device.

11 . The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a notice describing the recording of the media content.

12 . The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
retrieving contact information associated with the second portable communication device, wherein the contact information conforms to a multimedia messaging service protocol; and transmitting, via the wireless network and according to the multimedia messaging service protocol, the notice to the second portable communication device.

13 . The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , receiving instructions from a portal to stream the recorded media content to the second portable communication device.

14 . The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the notice comprises one of a title of the recorded media content, a start time of the recorded media content, a duration of the recorded media content, a description of the recorded media content, a genre of the recorded media content, an identification of a contributor of the recorded media content, pricing information, and combinations thereof.

15 . The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first portable communication device is at a first location and the second portable communication device is at a second location remote to the first location.

16 . A method, comprising:
obtaining, by processing system including a processor, media content from a first portable communication device; recording, by the processing system, the media content on a digital video recorder (DVR) resulting in recorded media content; selecting, by the processing system, a second portable communication device associated with a subscriber, wherein the second portable communication device is selected according to presence information associating the subscriber to the second portable communication device, wherein the presence information indicates that the second portable communication device is in active communication with a wireless network; retrieving, by the processing system, contact information associated with the second portable communication device, wherein the contact information conforms to a multimedia messaging service protocol; and transmitting, by the processing system via the wireless network, a notice to the second portable communication device according to the multimedia messaging service protocol.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processing system, instructions from a portal to stream the recorded media content to the second portable communication device; and streaming, by the processing system, the recorded media content to the second portable communication device.

18 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising transcoding, by the processing system, the recorded media content according to characteristics of the second portable communication device.

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the notice comprises one of a title of the recorded media content, a start time of the recorded media content, a duration of the recorded media content, a description of the recorded media content, a genre of the recorded media content, an identification of a contributor of the recorded media content, pricing information, and combinations thereof.

20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first portable communication device is at a first location and the second portable communication device is at a second location remote to the first location.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• White Scott
• Cansler James

Classifications

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title

• H04N21/4333

  Processing operations in response to a pause request · CPC title

• H04N21/64322

  IP · CPC title

• H04L65/601

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/4126

  The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones · CPC title