Automatic detection of a similar application stored on a networked media device through a multicast capability of an operating system accessed through an application of a mobile device

A method of a mobile device comprising:

• accessing a multicast capability of an operating system through an application of the mobile device;
• delivering the multicast message through a multicast algorithm of the operating system that communicates a name-announce request to any networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through the local area network;
• determining if there is a similar application locally stored on a networked media device to the application on the mobile device when a multicast message is broadcast to the networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through a local area network;
• and
• automatically launching the similar application on the networked media device based on a communication from the mobile device to the networked media device.

A system comprising:

• a mobile device to access a multicast capability of an operating system through an application of the mobile device;
• a local area network;
• and
• a networked media device communicatively coupled with the mobile device through the local area network,
• wherein the mobile device to deliver the multicast message through a multicast algorithm of the operating system that communicates a name-announce request to any networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through the local area network,
• wherein the mobile device to determine if there is a similar application locally stored on the networked media device to the application on the mobile device when a multicast message is broadcast to the networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through a local area network, and
• wherein the networked media device to automatically launch the similar application on the networked media device based on a communication of the multicast message from the mobile device to the networked media device.