Patent ID: 8782269

Claim:
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: sending state information of the media streaming session to the device in the home network, receiving, from the device in the home network, transition information, based on the state information, to match the content from the media streaming session to a particular channel, and requesting the device in the home network to provide particular content based on the transition information; 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.