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Abstract

A method for distributing video content with a time shift function to at least one mobile device (411-413) at a customer premises (140) system comprising a plurality of stationary devices (421-423) capable of receiving the video content from at least one content provider (160). The method comprises the steps of: receiving, at the stationary devices (421-423), requests to selectively tune a tuner (512, 513) of the identified stationary device (421-423) to a requested channel received from the content provider (160); outputting a content, of the channel tuned to by at least one stationary device (421-423), to a mobile content gateway (414) at the customer premises (140) system; preparing, at the mobile content gateway (414), at least one single-program stream from the content received from the at least one stationary device (421-423); storing, at the storage (640) of the mobile content gateway (414), the at least one single-program stream as a time-shift buffer adaptive stream (1522) comprising a plurality of segments organized in a form of a time shift buffer; outputting, from the mobile content gateway (414), the at least one time-shift buffer adaptive stream (1522) in response to a request received from the at least one mobile device (411-413); and providing the at least one time-shift buffer adaptive stream (1522) to the at least one mobile device (411-413) over a data transmission interface.

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