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US 2014/0270716 A1Published application
Use of near field communication (nfc) to transfer dvr timers
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsChristofer Hardy, Thomas Allan Yarborough
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Abstract
A mobile device running a mobile application accesses a remote content receiver to request the remote content receiver to retrieve a particular recording timer, and upon receiving the recording timer from the remote content receiver, establishes a radio communication link with a second mobile device and transfers the recording timer to the second mobile device over the established radio communication link. The radio communication link is preferably the Near Field Communication (NFC) link.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- presenting a user interface on a display of a first mobile device;
- receiving a selection of a first data via the user interface, the first data being a recording timer of a particular program content at a remote audio/video receiver;
- retrieving the first data;
- establishing a radio communication link between the first mobile device and a second mobile device;
- and
- sending the first data from the first mobile device to the second mobile device via the established radio communication link.
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A first device comprising:
- a first transceiving module configured to transmit and receive communication over a first communication channel;
- a non-volatile memory module configured to store instructions and data associated with execution of the instructions;
- a processing module configured to,
- present a user interface on the first device;
- receive a first user input selecting a first data via the user interface, the first data being a recording timer of a particular program content, the recording timer being associated with a remote audio/video receiver;
- generate a request to receive the first data over a first communication network, the request being for transmission via the first communication channel to the audio/video receiver;
- cause the audio/video receiver to retrieve the first data from a memory location in the audio/video receiver;
- receive the first data from the audio/video receiver via the first communication channel;
- establish a radio communication link between the first device and a second device;
- and
- send the first data from the first device to the second device via the established radio communication link.
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A system comprising:
- an audio/video receiver including:
- a receiving module configured to receive a plurality of program contents via a first communication network,
- a storage module,
- a processing module configured to
- create a recording timer to record at least one program content in the storage module, and
- upon receiving a request for the recording timer, retrieve the recording timer,
- a transmit module configured to send the recording timer via a second communication network;
- a broadcast service center communicatively coupled to the audio/video receiver via the first communication network and via the second communication network, the broadcast service center including a processing module configured to send the plurality of program contents to the audio/video receiver;
- and
- a first mobile device including
- a processing module configured to
- present a user interface on the first mobile device,
- receive a first user input selecting a first data via the user interface, the first data being a recording timer of a particular program content, the recording timer being associated with the audio/video receiver,
- generate a request to receive the first data from the audio/video receiver,
- receive the requested first data from the audio/video receiver,
- establish a radio communication link between the first mobile device and a second mobile device, and
- send the first data to the second mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.