Patent ID: 8782269
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by a mobile device including a mobile network module configured with a media player to present streaming media content using a public network and a home network module configured with a different media player to present media content from a home network, the method comprising: receiving, by the mobile device and using the mobile network module, a media streaming session via a broadband cellular connection; detecting, by the mobile device, a local wireless connection to a device in a home network; establishing, by the mobile device and using the home network module, a home media session, with the device in the home network, via the local wireless connection; matching, by the mobile device, content of the home media session with content of the media streaming session, wherein the content of the home media session has a higher quality than the content of the media streaming session, and wherein the matching comprises: presenting, by the mobile device and to a user, the matched content of the home media session using the home network module; and disabling, by the mobile device, the media streaming session using the mobile network module via the broadband cellular connection.