Patent ID: 11924164
Assignee: DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. An automated process executable by an address server system operating on a wide area network to establish a direct connection between a media player device and a media streaming server device, wherein the media streaming server device provides media streams, the process comprising:
receiving, by the address server system, a sequence of one or more local network addresses associated with the media streaming server device operating within a local area network, wherein each of the one or more network addresses corresponds to a different network address associated with the media streaming server device within a network environment;
storing the received one or more local network addresses in a database;
subsequently receiving, by the address server system, a request for media streaming server device addresses from the media player device that is also operating within the network environment;
transmitting, by the address server system in response to the request received from the media player device, the sequence of one or more local network addresses associated with the media streaming server device to the media player device to thereby permit the media player device to initiate a direct connection between the media player device and the media streaming server device by transmitting contact messages to each of the local network addresses in the sequence, wherein:
the media streaming server device and the media player device are located on separate local area networks;
the media streaming server device comprises a local storage digital video recorder; and
at least some of the local network addresses in the sequence are internet protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to a port on a router device operating within the network environment, wherein the port is uniquely associated with the media streaming server device.