MEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING MEDIA TO DESIRED TARGET DEVICES

摘要

A media delivery system and technique are described to enable a media stream to be received at one end on a user's computer, and then re-streamed to a target device in a form that is suitable for that target. As an example of an implementation of such an embodiment, a streaming video and/or audio feed may be received on a user's media center, then re-streamed to a user's designated target device. The target device may correspond to, for example, another computer, a cell phone, or some other media output device.

主权项

1. A method for transmitting content, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
receiving, on a first computing device, status information for one or more of multiple computing devices that are interconnected to form a personal network, wherein the status information indicates that each of the one or more computing devices is connected to a network and operating as part of the personal network; providing one or more interfaces to a user on the first computing device to enable the user to select (i) a media feed, and (ii) a target that can correspond to one or more of the multiple devices of the personal network that is indicated as being available based on the status information; detecting selection of the media feed, and selection of a second device of the multiple computing devices as the target; and transmitting at least a portion of the media feed to the second device as the media feed is received on a resource of the personal network, the media feed being transmitted to accommodate one or more characteristics of the second device.