Wireless distribution of multimedia content
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1. A method for distributing multimedia content, comprising the steps of:
- defining a multimedia source for supplying streaming multimedia data;
defining a destination for receiving said streaming multimedia data;
providing a wireless controller communicatively coupled to each of said multimedia source and said destination, said wireless controller being adapted to perform the steps of;
communicating with said multimedia source to generate a first display of a plurality of multimedia works available from said multimedia source;
facilitating a selection of at least one multimedia work from said first display of said plurality of multimedia works; and
upon said selection being made by a user, commanding said multimedia source to send said at least one multimedia work as said streaming multimedia data to said destination.
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Abstract
A method for distributing multimedia content provides a wireless controller communicatively coupled to each of a multimedia source and a destination. The wireless controller is adapted to perform the steps of communicating with the multimedia source to generate a first display of a plurality of multimedia works available from the multimedia source, facilitating a selection of at least one multimedia work from the first display of the plurality of multimedia works, and upon the selection being made by a user, commanding the multimedia source to send the at least one multimedia work as the streaming multimedia data to the destination.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for distributing multimedia content, comprising the steps of:
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defining a multimedia source for supplying streaming multimedia data;
defining a destination for receiving said streaming multimedia data;
providing a wireless controller communicatively coupled to each of said multimedia source and said destination, said wireless controller being adapted to perform the steps of;
communicating with said multimedia source to generate a first display of a plurality of multimedia works available from said multimedia source;
facilitating a selection of at least one multimedia work from said first display of said plurality of multimedia works; and
upon said selection being made by a user, commanding said multimedia source to send said at least one multimedia work as said streaming multimedia data to said destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for distributing multimedia content, comprising:
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a first wireless interface adapted to be communicatively coupled to a server device, said server providing access to streaming multimedia data;
a second wireless interface adapted to be communicatively coupled to a multimedia playback unit;
a wireless controller for controlling a communication between said first wireless interface, said second wireless interface and said wireless controller, wherein said first wireless interface, said second wireless interface and said wireless controller communicate via a wireless communication standard;
said wireless controller being configured to instruct said server to transmit said streaming multimedia data via said first wireless interface; and
said wireless controller being configured to instruct said second wireless interface to process said streaming multimedia data for playback by said multimedia playback unit. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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