Patent ID: 9584590
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: determining, at a first portable computing device, whether one or more second portable computing devices are available on a local area network; communicating a request between the first portable computing device and the one or more second portable computing devices for one or more identifiers for respective media content available to be shared via the one or more second portable computing devices within the local area network; obtaining a user input at the first portable computing device to select media content corresponding to one or more of the identifiers for the respective media content available to be shared via the one or more second portable computing devices within the local area network; communicating an indication of the user input between the first portable computing device and the one or more second portable computing devices at least in part in response to the user input; and obtaining the selected media content from the one or more second portable computing device at the first portable computing device for consumption by a user.