Media bridge apparatus and methods

Computer readable apparatus comprising a non-transitory storage medium, the non-transitory medium comprising at least one computer program having a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions configured to, when executed on a digital processing apparatus:

• utilize a computerized server process to access a database, the database comprising first data relating to the digitally rendered media content accessible to a premises data network;
• based at least on the access of the database, generate second data comprising an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)-based data structure of the digitally rendered media content within the database, wherein the digitally rendered media content is represented by two or more display elements prioritized in the HTML-based data structure according to two or more prioritized types of services respectively associated with the digitally rendered media content;
• transmit the second data comprising the HTML-based data structure to a first computerized client device of the premises data network to enable rendering of the HTML-based data structure by the first computerized client device on a user interface of the first computerized client device;
• receive third data at the computerized server process, the third data issued from the first computerized client device and relating to a request to access one or more of the digitally rendered media content of the HTML-based data structure by a second computerized client device;
• based at least on the received third data relating to the request, obtain the requested digitally rendered media content from a computerized storage entity via at least the premises data network;
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• cause transmission of the obtained digitally rendered media content to the second computerized client device via at least the premises data network for decoding and rendering by the second computerized client device;
• wherein the rendering of the HTML-based data structure by the first computerized client device on the user interface of the first computerized client device comprises a display of the two or more display elements in a visibility stack based on the prioritization thereof.

Computerized network apparatus configured to provide access to digitally rendered media content via a premises network, the computerized network apparatus comprising:

• an application computer program operative to run on a computerized bridging apparatus, the client application computer program comprising a web server process;
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• a server apparatus comprising:
• digital processor apparatus;
• data network interface apparatus in data communication with the digital processor apparatus;
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• storage apparatus in data communication with the digital processor apparatus, the storage apparatus comprising at least one computer program configured to, when executed on the digital processor apparatus:
• utilize the web server process to cause access of a database, the database comprising first data relating to the digitally rendered media content accessible to the premises network;
• based at least on the access of the database, generate second data comprising an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)-based data structure of the digitally rendered media content within the database;
• transmit the second data comprising the HTML-based data structure to a computerized client device of the premises network to enable rendering of the HTML-based data structure by the computerized client device on a user interface of the computerized client device, the computerized client device in data communication with the computerized bridging apparatus;
• receive third data via the web server process, the third data issued from the computerized client device and relating a request to access one or more of the digitally rendered media content of the HTML-based data structure, the third data further indicating that the requested one or more of the digitally rendered media content is be optimized;
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• cause transmission of the one or more of the digitally rendered media content to the computerized client device via at least the premises network for decoding and rendering thereby;
• wherein the rendering of the HTML-based data structure causes two or more display elements to be displayed on the user interface of the computerized client device according to a priority structure, the priority structure configurable by a privileged application of the computerized client device.