Media asset streaming over network to devices
AssigneeNTF Casting LLC
InventorKoji Yoden
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Abstract
Streaming of a media asset from a cloud server computer to a media playback device is disclosed. In an embodiment, a list of media assets stored in the cloud server computer is sent over network from the cloud server computer to a portable device. In another embodiment, the list is transferred via close-range communication to the portable device from the media playback device which received the list from the cloud server computer over network. In the embodiments, a media asset is started streaming over network from the cloud server computer to the media playback device responsive to selection of one of the listed media assets at the portable device. In some embodiments, streaming is redirected from the portable device to the media playback device responsive to a user's operation or in case of disconnection.
Claims16
A mobile phone comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a communication device coupled to the one or more processors;
- a display device responsive to the one or more processors;
- and
- a memory device having computer program instructions when executed by the one or more processors for:
- displaying one or more graphical user interfaces on the display device,
- in response to a first user interaction with the one or more graphical user interfaces, sending a first request for a media content item to a server, the first request identifying the mobile phone as a first destination for streaming,
- receiving a stream of the media content item from the server at the mobile phone, and
- in response to a second user interaction with the one or more graphical user interfaces, sending a second request to the server to control media streaming of the media content item to be rendered on a media playback device, wherein the media playback device is a second destination for streaming that is different from the mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone is associated with a first internet protocol (IP) address and the media playback device is associated with a second IP address that is different from the first IP address.
A mobile phone comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a communication device coupled to the one or more processors and communicatively coupled to a server;
- a display device responsive to the one or more processors;
- and
- a memory device having computer program instructions when executed by the one or more processors for:
- displaying one or more graphical user interfaces on the display device,
- in response to a first user interaction with the one or more graphical user interfaces, sending a first request for a media content item to a server, the first request identifying the mobile phone as a first destination for streaming,
- receiving a stream of the media content item from the server at the mobile phone, and
- in response to a second user interaction with the one or more graphical user interfaces, redirecting the stream of the media content item to a media playback device for rendering the media content item, wherein the media playback device is a second destination for streaming that is different from the mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone is associated with a first internet protocol (IP) address and the media playback device is associated with a second IP address that is different from the first IP address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.