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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Sudheer Bandela, Torrance, CA (US);
Binny Asarikuniyil, Cerritos, CA (US);
Hai Nguyen, Torrance, CA (US);
Heather Truong, Anaheim, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a set-top box determines whether to communicate a notification to a user device to live stream multimedia content. The notification comprises an option to initiate live streaming of the multimedia content. The set-top box communicates the notification to the user device to live stream the multimedia content. A user device communicates a selection to initiate live streaming of the multimedia content to the set-top box. In response to the selection, the set-top box live streams the multimedia content to the user device.