Patent ID: 8806035

Claim:
A method for transferring control during digital content access sessions, comprising: initiating a first session between a first client and a server, said first session comprising selected content being output from said server to said first client; initiating a second session between a second client and said server; receiving a request in said server from said second client to obtain control over said first session; and with said server, enabling said second client to obtain control by: synchronizing said content from said server outputted in said first and second sessions, such that said first and second clients then receive the same content from said server; and removing control capabilities from said first session; in which said first session, said second session, or combinations thereof are initiated automatically when a corresponding computing device powers-on; and in which said first client comprises a display device and said selected content from said server comprises a presentation being displayed on said display device under control of said second client which comprises a handheld device.