REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN A LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) BASED MEDIA AGGREGATION NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a proxy node for a Local Area Network (LAN) based ad-hoc Media Collection Aggregation System (MCAS) network formed by a plurality of nodes sharing corresponding shared media collections, comprising:
- registering the MCAS network with a centralized server providing Wide Area Network (WAN) based service discovery; and
enabling a remote node to remotely participate in the MCAS network, wherein the MCAS network is discovered by the remote node via the centralized server providing the WAN based service discovery.
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Abstract
Systems and methods relating to a Media Collection Aggregation System (MCAS) are provided. In one embodiment, a number of nodes are connected over a Local Area Network (LAN) to provide an ad-hoc MCAS network. At least some of the nodes in the MCAS network share locally stored media collections, or select subsets thereof, with the other nodes in the MCAS network. Each node in the MCAS network selects and aggregates one or more of the shared media collections to provide an aggregate media collection for that node. One of the nodes in the MCAS network is a proxy node that provides a proxy service that enables remote participation in the MCAS network. In one embodiment, the proxy node enables one or more remote nodes to passively and/or actively participate in the MCAS network.
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1. A method of operation of a proxy node for a Local Area Network (LAN) based ad-hoc Media Collection Aggregation System (MCAS) network formed by a plurality of nodes sharing corresponding shared media collections, comprising:
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registering the MCAS network with a centralized server providing Wide Area Network (WAN) based service discovery; and enabling a remote node to remotely participate in the MCAS network, wherein the MCAS network is discovered by the remote node via the centralized server providing the WAN based service discovery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A proxy node for a Local Area Network (LAN) based ad-hoc Media Collection Aggregation System (MCAS) network formed by a plurality of nodes sharing corresponding shared media collections, comprising:
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at least one network interface; and a control system associated with the at least one network interface and adapted to; register the MCAS network with a centralized server providing Wide Area Network (WAN) based service discovery; and enable a remote node to remotely participate in the MCAS network, wherein the MCAS network is discovered by the remote node via the centralized server providing the WAN based service discovery.
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19. A method of operation of a mobile node comprising:
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discovering a Local Area Network (LAN) based ad-hoc Media Collection Aggregation System (MCAS) network formed by a plurality of nodes sharing corresponding shared media collections; and remotely participating in the MCAS network via a proxy node of the MCAS network. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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