Low-latency multimedia using dual wireless adapters

Abstract

A computing device for low-latency multimedia using dual wireless adapters having a network interface controller and dual Wi-Fi adapters. Programmable instructions cause the processor to establish, using the network interface controller, a streaming multimedia session; receive streaming multimedia in the streaming multimedia session from a Wi-Fi access point using the first wireless network adapter; and forward at least a portion of the received streaming multimedia to a plurality of wireless endpoint devices via the second wireless network adapter.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computing device for low-latency multimedia using dual wireless adapters, comprising:
 a processor;   a memory;   a network interface controller;   a first wireless network adapter connected to the network interface controller and to a Wi-Fi access point;   a second wireless network adapter connected to the network interface controller and directly via Wi-Fi to a plurality of endpoint wireless devices; and   a plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory and operating on the processor, wherein the plurality of programming instructions, when operating on the processor, cause the processor to:
 establish, using the network interface controller, a streaming multimedia session; 
 receive streaming multimedia in the streaming multimedia session from the Wi-Fi access point using the first wireless network adapter; and 
 forward at least a portion of the received streaming multimedia to the plurality of wireless endpoint devices via the second wireless network adapter. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , further comprising a media management subsystem configured to identify a subset of streaming media that is to be delivered wirelessly to latency-sensitive devices. 
     
     
         3 . A method for low-latency multimedia using dual wireless adapters, comprising the steps of:
 establishing, at a network interface controller on a computing device comprising at least a processor and a memory, a streaming multimedia session;   receiving, at a first wireless network adapter operating on the computing device and from the streaming multimedia session, streaming multimedia content from a Wi-Fi access point;   sending at least a subset of the streaming multimedia to a plurality of wireless endpoint devices via a Wi-Fi network, using the second wireless network adapter.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising the step of identifying, using a media management subsystem stored in the memory and operating on the processor of the computing device, a subset of the received streaming media content that is to be delivered wirelessly to latency-sensitive devices.