CPC H04N 5/7755 (2013.01) [H04N 5/38 (2013.01); H04N 5/64 (2013.01); H04N 5/765 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/44227 (2013.01); H04N 21/4508 (2013.01); H04N 21/4227 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A portable media content device for providing media content to remote devices external to a home network, the portably media content device, comprising:
a processor in communication with a memory configured to maintain media content, and a transceiver, the processor configured to:
recognize a home network provided at a first location;
instruct the transceiver to transmit a media request to an in-home media recorder connected to the home network and at the first location;
determine, in response to the media request, whether the media recorder includes media content not stored within the memory;
receive the media content from the media recorder in response to the media recorder including media content not stored within the memory;
store the media content in the memory;
recognize a remote device by receiving a content request for media content via a second network from the remote device, the second network being distinct and separate from the home network and not available at the first location;
determine whether the remote device has permission to access media content stored in the memory; and
transmit the media content in response to the remote device having permission to access the media content.
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