Patent ID: 7149772

Claim:
A method for accepting streamed media packets sent from a content provider server and converting said streamed media packets to a pulse code modulated (PCM) signal stream, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, at a first interface, a request from a client device for a specified media content stored by said content provider server, said specified media content comprising at least one of live and archived media content; establishing, at said first interface and responsive to receipt of said request, a session with said content provider server for said requested media content, wherein said session is remotely controllable via said client device using control messages for controlling presentation of said requested media content; receiving, at said first interface, said streamed media packets corresponding to said specified media content, said streamed media packets being encoded media packets adapted to one of a plurality of encoded streaming media formats; transcoding, at said first interface, said streamed media packets received from said content provider server, to form a PCM signal stream corresponding to said specified media content; and launching, from said first interface, said PCM signal stream onto a network operable to convey said PCM signal stream to the client device making said request.