Patent ID: 9047289
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A multimedia system, comprising: an external content server; a first client device configured to directly communicate with said external content server via a wide area network, said first client device configured to receive multimedia content that is being streamed from said external content server; a multimedia server configured to communicate via a local area network with said first client device, said multimedia server configured to receive said multimedia content that is being streamed to said first client device; a second client device configured to communicate with said multimedia server via said wide area network and said local area network, said second client device configured to request access to said multimedia content that is being streamed to said multimedia server from said first client device; said multimedia server configured to receive an instruction via at least one of: said wide area network and said local area network from said second client device requesting access to said multimedia content being streamed from said first client device; said multimedia server configured to encode said multimedia content and create a compressed multimedia stream, and adjust an encoder setting based upon variations in an available bandwidth of the at least one of: said wide area network and said local area network, said compressed multimedia stream being stored in a buffer located on said multimedia server; and said multimedia server configured to stream said compressed multimedia stream stored in said buffer to said second client device.