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Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2008
Applicants:

David W. Baumert, Sammamish, WA (US);

Flora P. Goldthwaite, Seattle, WA (US);

Gregory L. Hendrickson, Seattle, WA (US);

Jonathan Cluts, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

David W. Baumert, Sammamish, WA (US);

Flora P. Goldthwaite, Seattle, WA (US);

Gregory L. Hendrickson, Seattle, WA (US);

Jonathan Cluts, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a communication network having a plurality of communication devices capable of transferring content wirelessly. The communication network comprises at least two communication devices and a mediator. The first communication device receives streaming content. The second communication device receives content different from the content streaming to the first communication device. In turn, the mediator determines whether the streaming content should take precedence over the content different from the content streaming on the first communication device.


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