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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Ranjit Avasarala, Bangalore, IN;
Ranjit Avasarala, Bangalore, IN;
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for seamlessly transferring content from a first communication device to a second communication device is disclosed. The method includes establishing a communication session with a controller for streaming content and sending a request to the controller for sharing the content being currently streamed at the first communication device. The request includes an option tag indicating a share request and an address of the second communication device to which the content is to be shared. The method further includes receiving a notification from the controller once the second communication device starts receiving the content from a point in time at which the request was sent from the first communication device.