LOW-LATENCY MULTIMEDIA USING DUAL WIRELESS ADAPTERS

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 wireless devices; and

a plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory and operable 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 from the Wi-Fi access point, using the first wireless network adapter;

play at least a first portion of the received streaming multimedia locally on the computing device; and

send, using the network interface controller, a second portion of the streaming multimedia to at least one of the plurality of wireless devices using 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 computing device for low-latency multimedia using dual wireless adapters, comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

a network interface controller;

a wireless network interface circuit comprising a radio; and

a plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the plurality of programming instructions, when operating on the processor, cause the processor to:

establish a first virtual wireless network adapter by which the wireless network interface connects to a Wi-Fi access point via a first Wi-Fi network;

establish a second virtual wireless network adapter by which the wireless network interface connects to a plurality of mobile devices via a second Wi-Fi network;

receive streaming multimedia from the Wi-Fi access point, using the first virtual wireless network adapter;

play at least a first portion of the streaming multimedia locally on the computing device; and

send, using the second virtual wireless network adapter, a second portion of the streaming multimedia to at least one of the plurality of mobile devices.

4 . The system of claim 3 , further comprising a media management subsystem configured to identify a subset of streaming media that is to be delivered wirelessly to latency-sensitive devices.

5 . A method for low-latency multimedia using dual wireless adapters, comprising the steps of:

receiving from a Wi-Fi access point via a first Wi-Fi network, using a first virtual wireless network adapter of a computing device comprising a processor, a memory, a network interface, and a wireless network interface circuit, streaming multimedia;

playing at least a first portion of the streaming multimedia locally on the computing device; and

sending, using a second virtual wireless network adapter and via a second Wi-Fi network, a second portion of the streaming multimedia to a plurality of mobile devices.

6 . The method of claim 5 , 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.