Method and apparatus for mobile device as temporary content origin

A method comprising:

• receiving, from a first computing device that is playing back a first portion of a plurality of segments of content received from a content source, a manifest generated and sent by the first computing device based on a first request to cast content to a second computing device, wherein the manifest comprises instructions for the second computing device to request a second portion of the plurality of segments of content from the first computing device and further request subsequent portions of the plurality of segments of content from the content source;
• sending, to the first computing device, a second request for the second portion of the plurality of segments of content;
• receiving, from the first computing device, the second portion;
• and
• sending, to the first computing device and based on the receiving the second portion, an indication that playback of the second portion has started to cause the first computing device to discontinue playback of the first portion.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a first computing device, from a content source, a plurality of segments of content;
• receiving, via the first computing device, during playback of a first portion of the plurality of segments of content, a first request to cast the content to a second computing device;
• generating and sending, by the first computing device, to the second computing device, a manifest, generated by the first computing device based on the first request, comprising instructions to request a second portion of the plurality of segments of content from the first computing device and further request subsequent portions of the plurality of segments of content from the content source;
• receiving, from the second computing device, and based on the first request and the manifest, a second request for the second portion of the plurality of segments of content;
• and
• sending, to the second computing device, the second portion.