Remote media streaming

A computer program product including a set of instructions on a non-transitory computer readable medium responsive to a processor for performing a method of rendering media content on a rendering device, comprising:

• determining when a rendering device moves across a threshold boundary defining a local rendering area, the local rendering area based on a range of a local receiving device for receiving media content in the local rendering area;
• and
• performing a delivery transition to accommodate the rendering device for allowing continued viewing of the media content on the rendering device, the delivery transition switching the received media content between a redirection device and the rendering device, the redirection device coupled between the receiving device and a remote network location for forwarding the media content switched from the receiving device, the remote network location configured to forward the switched media content to the rendering device, and
• redirecting a rendering signal including the media content from the local receiving device to the rendering device via a redirection device, the redirection device coupled between the local receiving device and a redirection network for transporting the redirected rendering signal, redirecting further including
• receiving the rendering signal at the redirection device;
• redirecting the rendering signal after processing through the local receiving device, and
• forwarding the rendering signal to a current location of the rendering device by transmitting the rendering signal to a specific network identifier associated with a corresponding rendering device.

A network redirection device for redirecting media content comprising:

• an interface to a content delivery network for receiving a rendering signal including media content for rendering on a rendering device;
• a local output interface configured for communication with a rendering device in the local rendering area;
• a placeshifted output interface configured for communication with a rendering device via a remote receiving device outside the local rendering area;
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• an interceptor responsive to a rendering preference from the rendering device, the rendering preference for directing the rendering signal to the local output interface or the placeshifted output interface based on the network identity of a requestor from which the rendering preference emanate, the interceptor configured for redirecting a rendering signal including the media content from the local receiving device to the rendering device via a redirection device, the redirection device coupled between the local receiving device and a redirection network for transporting the redirected rendering signal, redirecting further including
• receiving the rendering signal at the redirection device;
• redirecting the rendering signal after processing through the local receiving device, and
• forwarding the rendering signal to a current location of the rendering device by transmitting the rendering signal to a specific network identifier associated with a corresponding rendering device.

A media rendering device for remotely receiving media content, comprising:

• a rendering application for receiving a rendering signal, the rendering signal configured to render received media content on a user perceivable medium;
• a wrapper application for determining if the rendering signal is to be sent to either a local rendering area or a remote receiving device outside the local rendering area;
• a comparator for receiving a network identity of a requestor of the rendering signal and comparing the received network identity to a network identity corresponding to the local rendering area;
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• an interface to a redirection device, the redirection device responsive to a rendering preference from the wrapper application, the rendering preference indicative of a receiving device to which the rendering signal is to be sent, the interface configured for redirecting a rendering signal including the media content from the local receiving device to the rendering device via a redirection device, the redirection device coupled between the local receiving device and a redirection network for transporting the redirected rendering signal, redirection further including
• receiving the rendering signal at the redirection device;
• redirecting the rendering signal after processing through the local receiving device, and
• forwarding the rendering signal to a current location of the rendering device by transmitting the rendering signal to a specific network identifier associated with a corresponding rendering device.