Method and apparatus for presenting media content

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile communication device having a controller to receive a broadcast of media content from a first media source using a first communication protocol, display the media content on the mobile communication device, determine whether the media content satisfies one or more parameter thresholds when the media content is available to a display device from a second media source that is not the mobile communication device where the one or more parameter thresholds are based at least in part on the media content available from the second media source and where the display device is remote from the mobile communication device, and commence streaming of the media content from the mobile communication device to the display device when the media content exceeds the one or more parameter thresholds. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of a mobile communication device, comprising computer instructions which when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
receiving, at a mobile communication device, media content from a first media source via a wireless communication link to a cellular base station using long-term evolution protocol; receiving, at the mobile communication device, first information from a display device via a first wireless communication interface to the display device, wherein the first information identifies a preferred media content communication protocol for the display device; selecting a first media content communication protocol from a plurality of media content communication protocols based on the preferred media content communication protocol; determining whether the media content is available to the display device from a second media source; and if the first media content is available from the second media source, then:
transmitting a first stream of the media content from the mobile communication device to the display device via the first wireless communication interface according to the first media content communication protocol if the mobile communication device determines that the transmitting of the media content via the mobile communication device would not result in power consumption at the mobile communication device exceeding a threshold; andallowing the display device to receive the media content from the second media source if the transmitting of the media content via the mobile communication device would result in the power consumption at the mobile communication device exceeding the threshold.