Patent ID: 8650283
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a media device, the method comprising: receiving, at a network server system and from a remote device, a request to make a content file available to a media device that is different than the remote device, the request including identification information sufficient to enable the network server system to identify the media device; based on the identification information, identifying, by the network server system and from among multiple, different media devices, the media device associated with the received request; determining, by the network server system and based on the received request, address information for the content file associated with the received request; establishing, by the network server system, a communication session with the media device based on the identification of the media device associated with the received request; and sending the determined address information for the content file associated with the received request to the media device over the established communication session, thereby making the content file associated with the request available to the media device; wherein receiving, at the network server system and from the remote device, the request to make the content file available to the media device that is different than the remote device comprises receiving an electronic communication having a recipient address that corresponds to at least one of the multiple, different media devices and including a link to streaming content; wherein identifying the media device associated with the received request comprises mapping the recipient address of the received electronic communication to the media device; and wherein determining address information for the content file associated with the received request comprises: