Patent ID: 7634652
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method implemented on a manager client device by a processor configured to execute instructions that, when executed by the processor, direct the manager client device to perform acts comprising: receiving a broadcast of multimedia content at the manager client device indirectly from a content provider via a remote client device; responsive to the receiving, transmitting a request from the manager client device to the content provider for the multimedia content received via the remote client device; obtaining the multimedia content at the manager client device from the content provider and not via the remote client device; upon receipt of a request for the multimedia content from the remote client device, streaming the multimedia content obtained from the content provider and not via the remote client device to the remote client device, wherein the remote client device unjoins the broadcast of multimedia content from the content provider and renders the streaming multimedia content received from the manager client device instead of the broadcast of multimedia content from the content provider.