Patent ID: 8543665

Claim:
A media manager residing as software in a gateway device at a user premises comprising: a gateway device residing at a user premises; a video retrieval module operable as software in association with the gateway device and operable to retrieve and capture video activity of at least one media display device as a video activity stream; and a media management module operable as software in association with the gateway device, and coupled to the video retrieval module and the at least one media display device, said media management module including a media processor operable to receive the video activity stream, the media management module further operable to receive a user command to view the video activity stream at a selected other media display device coupled to the media management module, and direct the video activity stream to the selected other media display device, wherein the media management module is operable to receive a selection of a media content by a first user from a first predetermined media player device, to determine whether a metadata of the selected media content comprises user control parameters associated therewith, to send a notification to a second predetermined media player device to obtain permission, and to stream the selected media content to the first predetermined media player device only in response to receiving permission from a second user with authority over the user control parameters.