Patent ID: 8914840

Claim:
A method for use in a second computerized device set which is configured for wireless communication using a wireless communications protocol that enables wireless communication with a first computerized device set, wherein the first and second computerized device sets include respective first and second continuous media players, the method comprising: receiving discovery information that is obtained at the second computerized device set in accordance with a device management discovery protocol that is implemented at a communication layer above an internet protocol layer, and wherein the discovery information allows a determination to be made at the second computerized device set that the first computerized device set is capable of receiving and playing continuous media content; enabling navigation of a listing of on-demand continuous media content items, the on-demand continuous media content items being available to be accessed and presented on demand; making available to a user a first user interface that allows the user to select from the listing a particular on-demand continuous media content item to be presented to the user, wherein the particular on-demand continuous media content item includes a set of encoded video data; making available to the user a second user interface that allows the user to select to have the particular on-demand continuous media content item presented on either one of the first computerized device set and the second computerized device set; wherein, in the event the user selects, via the second user interface, to have the particular on-demand continuous media content item presented on the second computerized device set, causing the second continuous media player to decode the particular on-demand continuous media content item for presentation on the second computerized device set; wherein, in the event the user selects, via the second user interface, to have the particular on-demand continuous media content item presented on the first computerized device set, causing to be wirelessly transmitted, in accordance with a wireless local area network protocol, at least a resource indicator, wherein the resource indicator comprises at least one of a URL, URI, and URN, from the second computerized device set to the first computerized device set, wherein the resource indicator facilitates obtaining the particular on-demand continuous media content item for presentation to the user on the first computerized device set; and wherein the second computerized device set includes a portable computerized device set.