Patent ID: 7911955

Claim:
A coordinated media control system comprising: a plurality of nodes, including a first node and a second node, where each of the first node and the second node comprises: a node manager; a plurality of devices that are separate from and different than the node manager and that are communicatively connected to the node manager, where at least some of the devices at the first node are communicatively connected to at least some of the devices at the second node, where the first node enables a user at the first node to select a first device from the plurality of devices of the first node that are communicatively connected to the node manager of the first device and to select a second device from the plurality of devices of the second node that are communicatively connected to the node manager of the second device between which a media stream is to be established; and, an event manager device separate from and different than the nodes and separate from and different than the devices of the nodes, the event manager device communicatively connected to the node manager of each node, wherein the node managers of the first and the second nodes communicate with the event manager device to establish a media stream between the first and the second devices, such that the node managers of the first and the second nodes do not communicate directly with one another to establish the media stream between the first and the second devices, wherein upon the media stream being established via the node managers of the first and the second nodes communicating with the event manager device, the media stream is directly communicated between the first and the second devices without the media stream passing through the event manager device, and wherein communication between the first and the second devices does not pass through any other node and does not pass through the event manager device.