Patent ID: 9749380
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A mobile user device, comprising: communication circuitry through which to establish a first communication over the Internet with a server storing a media content and through which to establish a second communication over a close-range communication network with a media playback device, wherein the server and the media playback device are identified by respective discrete IP addresses distinct from the mobile user device; a processor; and a memory storing a computer program including instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile user device to perform operations comprising: invoking one of a first streaming that delivers the media content destined to the mobile user device and a second streaming that delivers the media content destined to the media playback device; when the first streaming is invoked, receiving the first streaming from the server over the first communication, and playing back the streamed media content on a first graphical user interface; when the second streaming is invoked and the streamed media content is played back by the media playback device based on the second streaming, receiving progress information indicative of progress of the ongoing second streaming from the media playback device over the second communication, and displaying how far the media content is played within a duration of the media content on a second graphical user interface based on the progress information.