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US 11,082,469 B2Granted
System, method, and computer program product for the directing and distributing of media content
OwnerDominic M. Kotabinventor
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for receiving a request to stream a first portion of media content, directing a mobile device to retrieve and process the first portion of media content, receiving a request to stream a second portion of media content, receiving the second portion of media content, and sending the second portion of media content to a display. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented.
Claims14
A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
- code configured to receive, at a media player device from a first mobile device including a first cellular phone, a request to stream a first portion of media content, where the first portion of media content includes cloud-based media;
- code configured to direct, by the media player device, the first mobile device to retrieve and process the first portion of media content from a cloud;
- code configured to temporarily grant to the first mobile device, by the media player device, an ability to stream media content to the media player device;
- code configured to receive from the first mobile device at the media player device the first portion of media content, where the first portion of media content is optimized for a display size associated with the media player device;
- code configured to send, by the media player device, the first portion of media content to a display;
- code configured to receive, at the media player device from a second mobile device including a second cellular phone, a request to stream a second portion of media content, where the request is received during a sending of the first portion of media content to the display;
- code configured to transfer to the second mobile device the ability to stream media content to the media player device;
- code configured to receive from the second mobile device at the media player device the second portion of media content, where the second portion of media content is processed at the second mobile device;
- and
- code configured to send, by the media player device, the second portion of media content to the display.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a media player device from a first mobile device including a first cellular phone, a request to stream a first portion of media content, where the first portion of media content includes cloud-based media;
- directing, by the media player device, the first mobile device to retrieve and process the first portion of media content from a cloud;
- temporarily granting to the first mobile device, by the media player device, an ability to stream media content to the media player device;
- receiving from the first mobile device at the media player device the first portion of media content, where the first portion of media content is optimized for a display size associated with the media player device;
- sending, by the media player device, the first portion of media content to a display;
- receiving, at the media player device from a second mobile device including a second cellular phone, a request to stream a second portion of media content, where the request is received during a sending of the first portion of media content to the display;
- transferring to the second mobile device the ability to stream media content to the media player device;
- receiving from the second mobile device at the media player-device the second portion of media content, where the second portion of media content is processed at the second mobile device;
- and
- sending, by the media player device, the second portion of media content to the display.
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A system comprising:
- a memory system;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory system and that are each configured to:
- receive, at a media player device from a first mobile device including a first cellular phone, a request to stream a first portion of media content, where the first portion of media content includes cloud-based media;
- direct, by the media player device, the first mobile device to retrieve and process the first portion of media content from a cloud;
- temporarily grant to the first mobile device, by the media player device, an ability to stream media content to the media player device;
- receive from the first mobile device at the media player device the first portion of media content, where the first portion of media content is optimized for a display size associated with the media player device;
- send, by the media player device, the first portion of media content to a display;
- receive, at the media player device from a second mobile device including a second cellular phone, a request to stream a second portion of media content, where the request is received during a sending of the first portion of media content to the display;
- transfer to the second mobile device the ability to stream media content to the media player device;
- receive from the second mobile device at the media player-device the second portion of media content, where the second portion of media content is processed at the second mobile device;
- and
- send, by the media player device, the second portion of media content to the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.