Portable hub with digital video recorder

A portable media hub for wireless transmission of media content, comprising:

• a speaker;
• a memory;
• a transceiver;
• a processor configured to:
• recognize a first network provided at a first location;
• instruct the transceiver to transmit a media request to an in-home media recorder;
• receive media content from the media recorder in response to the media request and save 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 first 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.

A portable media content device for providing media content to remote devices external to a home network, the portably media content device, comprising:

• a cylindrical body configured to be received by a vehicle beverage holder, the body including:
• at least one speaker configured to reproduce audio sounds;
• a memory configured to maintain media content;
• a rechargeable battery;
• a wireless transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a remote device;
• at least one user interface configured to receive user commands;
• and
• a processor configured to receive media content request and instruct the wireless transceiver to provide media content to the remote device in response to the media content request.

The portable media content device 10, wherein the processor is configured to:

• recognize a home network provided at a first location;
• instruct the wireless transceiver to transmit a media request to an in-home media recorder connected to the home network and at the first location;
• receive, in response to the media request, media content from the media recorder;
• store the media content in the memory;
• recognize the 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 first 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.