Patent ID: 7945648

Claim:
A method for dynamically configuring a network component to reroute media streams, comprising: receiving a request for content from a first network connected component; determining a type of media service needed to be performed by a third network connected component on at least a portion of said content to fulfill said request, wherein said type of media service comprises format conversion services; configuring a data relaying component to forward said at least a portion of said content from a second network connected component to said third network connected component, said at least a portion of said content to receive said type of media service performed by said third network connected component, configuring said data relaying component to forward packets of said content that do not need said type of media service to be performed thereon directly to said first network connected component; and after said data relaying component forwards said at least a portion of said content from said second network connected component to said third network connected component, undoing said configuring.