Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a local server coupled to a plurality of client devices. The local server may receive encrypted content from one or more content sources and provide the content to the client devices. The local server and client devices may be part of a multi-client environment such as a hotel or conference center. The local server does not decrypt and re-encrypt content, thereby allowing the use of low cost equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining media content from a media content server located outside a customer premises, in response to receiving a first request for the media content from a first media processor of a group of media processors. Further embodiments can include receiving a first plurality of requests for the media content from a first portion of the group of media processors within a first time period over the second communication network, and multicasting the media content to each of the first media processor and the first portion of the group of media processors over the second communication network. Each of the first media processor and the first portion of the group of media processors presents the media content to a respective display. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: An emergency breathing apparatus allows a human user to breathe safely within a structure whose interior is devoid of sufficient breathable air as a result of fire, etc. The apparatus communicates with the soil or waste vent in the structure and includes an air collector disposed for access by the human user within the structure. The air collector allows air to flow from the soil vent into the structure. A breathing mask with an internal diaphragm is coupled to the air collector and allows the user to inhale the air within the air collector and exhale air into the environment. A control valve is disposed between the air collector and the breathing mask and enables air to flow from the air collector into the breathing mask. Accordingly, when the interior environment of the structure is devoid of sufficient breathable air, the human user, may, via the control valve, enable air to flow from the soil vent to the breathing mask and thereafter breathe that air for survival.