Place-Shifting Apparatus and System

A media sender device comprising:

• a digital interface operable to connect to a media receiver;
• a processor operable to transmit a request for video content to the media receiver via the digital interface;
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• a receiving module operable to receive the requested video content from the media receiver;
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• a sending module operable to transmit the received video content to a media presentation device.

An association server comprising:

• a storage module operable to store media sender device identifiers and addresses;
• a request receiving module operable to receive a request from a media presentation device, the request comprising a media sender device identifier;
• a retrieval module operable to retrieve the corresponding media sender device address;
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• an address transmission module operable to return the retrieved address to the requesting media presentation device.

A media presentation device comprising:

• an address request transmission module operable to transmit a request to an association server, the request comprising a media sender device identifier;
• an address receiving module operable to receive a media sender device address from the association server;
• a video request transmission module operable to transmit a request for video content to a media sender device;
• a video receiving module operable to receive video content from the media sender device;
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• a video output module operable to output the received video content.