SYSTEM FOR SEAMLESSLY SWITCHING BETWEEN A CLOUD-RENDERED APPLICATION AND A FULL-SCREEN VIDEO SOURCED FROM A CONTENT SERVER

摘要

A system and method for seamlessly integrating efficient digital content media streaming with a flexible browsing interface for display on a viewing device. The invention relates to rendering an interface in a remote interface display on a remote server and streaming that remote interface display as a data stream to an appliance coupled to a viewing device. The remote display could include digital media content streaming from a content delivery network (CDN). The invention also relates to enabling the appliance to stream digital media content directly from the CDN and to seamlessly display that streaming content on the viewing device.