Patent ID: 8504712

Claim:
A method of controlling for changing a media player from a first player to a second player, in a control device, comprising: transmitting a request of multi-streaming capability to the second player; receiving information on multi-streaming capability from the second player, the information on multi-streaming capability defining multi-streaming contents performable in the second player, the multi-streaming contents including at least one primary stream component and at last one secondary stream component, wherein the at least one primary stream component is related to a mandatory playback stream; receiving streaming content information and playing status information from the first player, the playing status information including playing time information of streaming content being performed at the first player; comparing the information on multi-streaming capability of the second player with the streaming content information of the first player; selecting streaming content desired to be performed at the second player according to the result of the comparing of the information of the second player with streaming content being performed at the first player; generating current playing information of the streaming content that is determined to be performed at the second player, based on the playing time information; and transmitting information about the streaming content desired to be performed at the second player and the current playing information of the streaming content to a media server which is able to communicate with the second player, wherein the playing time information includes at least one of total playback time, start time and playback duration time, and wherein the current playing information includes information indicating that the second player performs playback of streaming content which sequentially follows content performed on the playback duration time.