Patent ID: 9716763
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A content streaming apparatus comprising: an input for receiving an input signal; a wireless controller configured to communicate via wireless with a client device, and receive from the client device a streaming session request for streaming of requested content; a plurality of tuners, each of which is configured to selectively tune to a portion of the input signal; a tuner controller configured to select an unused one of the tuners, and tune the selected tuner to receive the requested content from the input signal; a controller configured to establish a streaming session with the client device via the wireless controller, and send the requested content to the client device in the streaming session; network connection circuitry; a gateway streaming manager configured to: determine whether the client device has roamed out of a wireless zone of the content streaming apparatus into a wireless zone of another content streaming apparatus, when the client device has roamed out the wireless zone of the content streaming apparatus, send a tuner reservation instruction via the network connection circuitry to the other content streaming apparatus to instruct the other content streaming apparatus to reserve a tuner of the other content streaming apparatus, and receive a tuner reservation confirmation from the other content streaming apparatus; send an alternate streaming notification to the client device when the tuner reservation confirmation is received, receive an alternate streaming acceptance from the client device, and end the streaming session between the content streaming apparatus and the client device when the alternate streaming acceptance is received.