Patent ID: 8787164
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented system for delivering media content across one or more networks to one or more target devices, the system comprising: a plurality of devices that interface with a plurality of media sources that are of a different type; wherein the plurality of devices are individually interconnected to one another to form a personal network; one or more processors, included with at least one of the plurality of devices, configured to: wherein the target device is a roaming device; and wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine one or more native characteristics of the media content provided by the Internet streaming media source, and wherein the one or more processors generate target data to include one or more characteristics by: determining whether the one or more native characteristics are in conflict with one or more desired characteristics for the target data; if any of the one or more native characteristics are in conflict with any of the desired characteristics, configuring the target data to include the desired characteristic over the conflicting native characteristic; and if each of the one or more native characteristics are in accord with the one or more desired characteristics, maintaining the one or more native characteristics in the target data.