Patent ID: 7464175

Claim:
A computing device comprising: a first data buffer to store first quality encoded media data, the first quality encoded media data being encoded from a media source and selectively transmitted from one of more servers to the computing device; a second data buffer to store second quality encoded media data, the second quality encoded media data being encoded from the media source and selectively transmitted from the one of more servers to the computing device; the computing device operative to generate and transmit a first signal to the one or more servers if at least a portion of the first data buffer contains at least a determined amount of the first quality encoded media data to be processed, the first signal operative to indicate to the one or more servers to transmit the second quality encoded media data to the computing device, and the computing device further operative to generate and transmit a second signal to the one or more servers, the second signal operative to indicate to the one or more servers to stop transmitting the second quality encoded media data and continue transmitting the first quality encoded media data.