Patent ID: 9716915
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for rendering internet multimedia content in a network connected to the internet wherein a rendering device is connected to the network, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving a first webpage from a remote content source via the internet wherein a first device connected to the network retrieves the first webpage from the remote content source and further wherein the first device is a different device than the rendering device; displaying the first webpage in a user interface provided by the first device wherein the first webpage provides access to the internet multimedia content; retrieving the internet multimedia content from the internet using the network wherein the internet multimedia content is retrieved from the internet based on user input accepted by the user interface provided by the first device; transcoding the internet multimedia content based on capabilities of the rendering device; transmitting the internet multimedia content to the rendering device; and controlling by the first device rendering of the internet multimedia content on the rendering device.