Abstract: Controllable device companion data is described. In embodiments, a companion utility is executed by a portable device to interface the portable device with a controllable device via a wireless network. The portable device can communicate a request to the controllable device to initiate the controllable device sending a data source to the portable device, which receives the data source from the controllable device via the wireless network. The portable device then monitors the data source for a trigger event that initiates an action at the portable device.

Abstract: Downloading previously aired programs using peer-to-peer networking includes, in certain aspects, sending a request identifying a previously aired program to a computing device. A list of a plurality of client devices that may have at least a portion of the previously aired program are received from the computing device, and portions of the previously aired program are received from one or more of the plurality of client devices.

Abstract: A picture-in-picture window is opened in response to a user-entered replay command received while displaying a live state of video content on a screen. At least a portion of the video content is replayed on one of the screen and the picture-in-picture window while continuing displaying of the live state of the video content in the other of the screen and the picture-in-picture window.

Abstract: A terminal server receives a request from a client to execute an application program on the terminal server. The terminal server identifies information associated with the application program and determines whether the client is permitted to access the application program based on the information associated with the application program. If the client is permitted to access the application program, the application program is launched within an application launcher on the terminal server, which sends data to be rendered to the client and instructs the client to begin rendering the data after successfully launching the application program.