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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
L. Jeffrey Kapner, Iii, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Peter Jay Schwartz, Fullerton, CA (US);
L. Jeffrey Kapner, III, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Peter Jay Schwartz, Fullerton, CA (US);
Keen Personal Media, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a set-top box connectable to a display device and a video distribution network that includes a head end, the set-top box and a plurality of other set-top boxes that can store video programs. The set-top box includes a terminal controller responsive to user input and a video sharing program. The terminal controller responsive to the video sharing program displays a menu of available video programs identifying video programs stored at the plurality of other set-top boxes. Furthermore, the terminal controller responsive to user input and the video sharing program selects an available video program from the menu in response to user input, and requests the head end to command one of the plurality of other set-top boxes storing the selected available video program to transmit the selected available video program to the set-top box.