System and method of discovery and launch associated with a networked media device

A system comprising:

• a LAN;
• a client device comprising a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, the client device being associated with a user;
• and
• at least one other data processing device communicatively coupled to the client device through the LAN,
• wherein the processor of the client device is configured to execute instructions to:
• access a multicast capability of an operating system of the client device,
• discover that the at least one other data processing device is in an active state of reception of data from the client device through the LAN based on the access of the multicast capability in the client device,
• wirelessly transmit a request related to identifying an application residing on the at least one other data processing device discovered to be in the active state of reception of the data from the client device thereto,
• determine that the application residing on the at least one other data processing device is similar to an application residing on the client device configured to render an audio/visual data stream thereon based on a response to the request, and
• at least one of populate a table of the operating system of the client device with a list of applications residing on the at least one other data processing device similar to the application residing on the client device, the applications within the list having identifiers associated therewith, and present the identifiers to the client device to enable a user thereof select an identifier therethrough.

A non-transitory medium, readable through a client device associated with a user and comprising instructions embodied therein that are executable through the client device, comprising:

• instructions to access a multicast capability of an operating system of the client device;
• instructions to discover, through the client device, at least one other data processing device in an active state of reception of data from the client device through a LAN based on the multicast capability accessed in the client device;
• instructions to wirelessly transmit, through the client device, a request to the at least one other data processing device discovered to be in the active state of reception of the data from the client device through the LAN, the at least one other data processing device being communicatively coupled to the client device through the LAN, and the request being related to identifying an application residing on the at least one other data processing device;
• instructions to determine, through the client device, that the application residing on the at least one other data processing device is similar to an application residing on the client device configured to render an audio/visual data stream thereon based on a response to the request;
• and
• instructions to at least one of populate a table of the operating system of the client device with a list of applications residing on the at least one other data processing device similar to the application residing on the client device, the applications within the list having identifiers associated therewith, and present the identifiers to the client device to enable a user thereof select an identifier therethrough.