Redirection of multimedia content between receiver devices associated with a user

A device, comprising:

• a memory that stores executable instructions;
• and a provider network stream controller coupled to the memory, wherein the provider network stream controller, when located at a central office of the provider network and responsive to executing the instructions, facilitates performance of operations comprising:
• transmitting a first multimedia stream representative of multimedia content to a first receiver device associated with a user via a provider network;
• receiving a user-specified redirection rule;
• receiving a redirect command in response to an occurrence of a condition related to a second receiver device associated with the user, wherein the receiving of the redirect command occurs before the second receiver device begins receiving multimedia content, and wherein the condition is selected from a group consisting of a location, power level, a signal level associated with the second receiver device, and combinations thereof;
• responsive to receiving the redirect command, initiating a redirection process based on the user-specified redirection rule to redirect transmission of a second multimedia stream representative of the multimedia content to the second receiver device and prompting equipment of the user for authorization to initiate transmission of the multimedia content to the second receiver device, wherein the second multimedia stream is transcoded resulting in a transcoded second multimedia stream to correspond to a characteristic of the second receiver device;
• providing notification to the equipment of the user in response to a failed attempt to redirect transmission of the transcoded second multimedia stream of the multimedia content from the provider network to the second receiver device based on the user-specified redirection rule;
• disabling the user-specified redirection rule in response to instruction received from the equipment of the user;
• halting the transmitting of the first multimedia stream responsive to initiating transmission of the transcoded second multimedia stream;
• and
• establishing, at the central office of the provider network, a listing of receiver devices associated with the user for purposes of redirecting multimedia content, the listing including the first receiver device and the second receiver device.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of central office equipment of a network provider, cause the processor of the central office equipment of the network provider to facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• transmitting a first multimedia stream representative of a multimedia content to a first receiver device of a plurality of receiver devices associated with a user via a provider network;
• receiving a user-specified redirection rule;
• monitoring a plurality of first characteristics of the plurality of receiver devices associated with the user, wherein the plurality of first characteristics is selected from a group consisting of locations, power levels, signal levels of the plurality of receiver devices, and combinations thereof;
• detecting a triggering event corresponding to a first characteristic of the plurality of first characteristics of a second receiver device of the plurality of receiver devices meeting a condition, wherein the detecting of the triggering event occurs before the second receiver receives multimedia content;
• responsive to the detected triggering event, initiating a redirection process based on the user-specified redirection rule to redirect transmission of a second multimedia stream representative of the multimedia content from the provider network to the second receiver device and prompting equipment of the user for authorization to initiate transmission of the multimedia content to the second receiver device;
• providing notification to equipment of the user in response to a failed attempt to redirect transmission of the second multimedia stream from the provider network to the second receiver device based on the user-specified redirection rule;
• disabling the user-specified redirection rule in response to instruction received from equipment of the user;
• halting, by the provider network, the transmitting of the first multimedia stream responsive to initiating transmission of the second multimedia stream;
• and
• establishing, at the central office of the provider network, a listing of receiver devices associated with the user for purposes of redirecting multimedia content, the listing including the first receiver device and the second receiver device.