US 2012/0260282 A1 · CONTROLLING DELIVERY OF VIDEO PROGRAMS USING USER DEFINED IDENTIFIERS FOR VIDEO RECEIVER DEVICES

Abstract

A method of controlling delivery of video programs from video distribution equipment to video receiver devices includes receiving messages at the video distribution equipment from a mobile terminal operated by a user. The messages contain user defined identifiers that are associated with equipment identifiers of different ones of the video receiver devices. The user defined identifiers are stored associated with the equipment identifiers in a subscriber account. Delivery of video programs from the video distribution equipment to the video receiver devices is controlled in response to commands received from the mobile terminal which request delivery of identified video programs to identified ones of the user defined identifiers. Related video distribution equipment and mobile terminals are disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A method of controlling delivery of video programs from video distribution equipment to video receiver devices, the method comprising:

receiving, at the video distribution equipment from a mobile terminal operated by a user, messages containing user defined identifiers that are associated with equipment identifiers of different ones of the video receiver devices;
storing the user defined identifiers associated with the equipment identifiers in a subscriber account;
and
controlling delivery of video programs from the video distribution equipment to the video receiver devices in response to commands received from the mobile terminal requesting delivery of identified video programs to identified ones of the user defined identifiers.

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Video distribution equipment that controls delivery of video programs to video receiver devices, the video distribution equipment is configured to:

receive messages from a mobile terminal containing user defined identifiers that are associated with equipment identifiers of different ones of the video receiver devices;
store the user defined identifiers associated with the equipment identifiers in a subscriber account;
and
control delivery of video programs to the video receiver devices in response to commands received from the mobile terminal requesting delivery of identified video programs to identified ones of the user defined identifiers.

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A mobile terminal comprising:

a user interface that is configured to receive user defined identifiers for video receiver devices from a user;
a transceiver that is configured to communicate with video distribution equipment;
and
a microprocessor that is configured to communicate, through the transceiver, commands containing the user defined identifiers for the video receiver devices to control delivery of video programs from the video distribution equipment to the video receiver devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Controlling delivery of video programs using user defined identifiers for video receiver devices

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Controlling delivery of video programs using user defined identifiers for video receiver devices

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