Patent ID: 8837578

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a request for streaming content designated to a destination device; selecting an estimate of a bandwidth for a connection between the destination device and a source device; generating a stream request for receiving the streaming content, wherein the stream request includes an Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-W link and the estimate of the bandwidth, wherein the MPEG-W link includes a network address pertaining to the source device, a name of the streaming content, and a file extension of an MPEG-W format; transmitting the stream request to the source device; receiving the streaming content from the source device in response to the stream request; determining whether a change in a current bandwidth associated with the connection between the destination device and the source device supports a change in a resolution of the streaming content; in response to determining that the change in the current bandwidth associated with the connection supports the change in the resolution of the streaming content, generating a first update message that includes are request for changing the resolution of the streaming content; and transmitting the first update message to the source device.