Patent ID: 7058720

Claim:
A method for a streamed performance at a client location, comprising: transmitting a first request from a local client machine for a performance of a time-varying media content to be streamed at the local client machine, the first request being addressed to an address that is designated in a configuration file of the local client machine and that corresponds to a selected media server in a regional network; when the first request for the performance at the local client machine is unsuccessful: changing the address that is designated in the configuration file of the local client machine to an address of a central media server at which the selected time-varying media content is centralized at a central media server location; transmitting a second request from the local client machine for a streamed performance of the time-varying media content, the second request being addressed to the address that is designated in a configuration file of the local client machine; receiving at the local client machine, in response to the second request, the selected time-varying media content; and transmitting a transmission of the selected time-varying media content from the local client machine, wherein the transmission is addressed to the selected media server in the regional network.