Patent ID: 8887193

Claim:
A method to enable streaming on an existing management server infrastructure, the management server infrastructure in data communication with a service provider and a client device, comprising: receiving metadata about streaming assets available from a plurality of service providers; integrating the metadata about the streaming assets into an asset specification of a management server infrastructure, the management server infrastructure including a management server assets list and asset information APIs; receiving a login and authentication request from a client device having authentication credentials, the request further including an indication that the device can support streaming; upon successful authentication, transmitting a user token to the device and providing a list of service providers, from the plurality, or an assets list, to the device; such that upon a request from the device for a streaming asset from a service provider, the client device transmits the user token to the service provider associated with the streaming asset and receives a URI to an index file, the index file corresponding to the requested streaming asset.