Data casting

A rendering system comprising:

• a rendering router comprising:
• a memory;
• one or more interfaces;
• and
• one or more processing devices coupled to the memory and adapted to execute instructions stored in the memory to:
• receive, via the one or more interfaces over a home network, a cast request from a user device, wherein the cast request is for casting data from a cast device, which is communicatively coupled with a first network and a third network, onto a display device communicatively coupled to the home network;
• transmit the cast request to a casting system over a second network, wherein the casting system is communicatively coupled with the cast device through the third network;
• and
• receive, from the casting system, the requested casting data from the casting system,
• wherein the requested casting data is provided to the casting system by the cast device,
• wherein the requested casting data is obtained by the cast device over the first network, and
• wherein the user device, using a native cast discovery functionality of the user device without requiring additional application or hardware changes, automatically discovers the cast device for a direct communication between the user device and the cast device.

A method comprising:

• automatically discovering, by a user device using a native cast discovery functionality of the user device without requiring additional application or hardware changes, a cast device for a direct communication between the user device and the cast device, wherein a casting system is coupled to the cast device through a third network;
• receiving, by a casting router of the casting system, a cast request over a second network from the user device via a rendering system, wherein the cast request is for casting data from the cast device, which is communicatively coupled to a first network and the third network, onto a display device communicatively coupled with a home network;
• transmitting the cast request to the cast device;
• receiving, from the cast device, the requested casting data corresponding to the cast request wherein the requested casting data is retrieved by the cast device over the first network;
• transmitting the requested casting data to the rendering system over the second network.

A casting system comprising:

• a casting router comprising:
• a memory;
• one or more interfaces;
• and
• one or more processing devices coupled to the memory and adapted to execute instructions stored in the memory to:
• receive a cast request from a user device via a rendering system over a second network, wherein the cast request is a request for casting data from a cast device to a display device present in a home network, and wherein the cast device is present in a first network;
• transfer the cast request to the cast device;
• receive the requested casting data from the cast device
• transmit the requested casting data corresponding to the cast request over the second network to the rendering system,
• wherein the user device, using a native cast discovery functionality of the user device without requiring additional application or hardware changes, automatically discovers the cast device for a direct communication between the user device and the cast device.