Patent ID: 9020429
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of sharing data between a plurality of media devices, comprising: executing a device discovery process between the plurality of media devices by which device-descriptive data are obtained by a first media device from a second media device of the plurality of media devices; retrieving, from the device-descriptive data obtained by the first media device from the second media device, a second network address of the second media device on a communications network to which the first media device is coupled to at a first network address; establishing an end-to-end network connection on the communications network between the first and second media devices using the second network address of the second media device retrieved from the device-descriptive data thereof; transmitting a media asset from the first media device to the second media device over the network connection; processing the media asset with the second media device to be output according to at least one media control command received by the second media device from the first media device.