System for remote access of satellite media services
AssigneesAt&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P., Yahoo! Inc.
InventorsSCOTT WHITE, RAMSEY KSAR
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Abstract
A system for remote access of satellite communication services is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a portal having a controller element to present at a communication device one or more manageable services of a satellite media receiver operating in a satellite communication system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A computer-readable storage medium in a portal, comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving over an Internet connection a request from a communication device to access one or more manageable services of a satellite media receiver;
- establishing communications with the satellite media receiver by way of a gateway, wherein the gateway is coupled to a broadband port of the satellite media receiver by way of a Local Area Network (LAN) managed by the gateway, wherein the satellite media receiver comprises a satellite port for receiving satellite signals supplied by a satellite dish system, and wherein the satellite signals are associated with satellite media services of a satellite communication system;
- receiving from the satellite media receiver information associated with the one or more manageable services of the satellite media receiver;
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- presenting the one or more manageable services of the satellite media receiver at an Internet browser of the communication device by way of a Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the one or more manageable services comprise at least one among one or more Electronic Programming Guides (EPGs), a Video on Demand (VoD) catalog, a Digital Video Recorder (DVR), and one or more media files stored in the STB.
A portal, comprising a controller element to present at a communication device one or more manageable services of a satellite media receiver operating in a satellite communication system, wherein the one or more manageable services comprise at least one among one or more Electronic Programming Guides (EPGs), a Video on Demand (VoD) catalog, a Digital Video Recorder (DVR), and one or more media files stored in the STB.
A satellite media receiver, comprising a controller element to present one or more manageable services to a portal that provides portable communications devices remote access to the one or more manageable services of the satellite media receiver.
A gateway, comprising a controller element to provide a portal access to one or more manageable services of a satellite media receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.