Apparatuses and methods for streaming audio and video
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1. A wirelessly enabled content delivery apparatus comprising:
- a surface, the surface has a front side and a back side;
a wireless data system, the wireless data system includes a wireless data module, the wireless data system is fixed to the back side of the surface, the wireless data module is configured to communicate with a user device and to receive a wireless stream of data from the user device; and
a data output interface, the data output interface is configured to receive data from the wireless data module, wherein the data is derived from the wireless stream of data.
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Abstract
A wirelessly enabled content delivery apparatus includes a surface; a wireless data system and a data output interface. The surface has a front side and a back side. The wireless data system includes a wireless data module. The wireless data system is fixed to the back side of the surface. The wireless data module is configured to communicate with a user device and to receive a wireless stream of data from the user device. The data output interface is configured to receive data from the wireless data module, and the data is derived from the wireless stream of data.
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32 Claims
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1. A wirelessly enabled content delivery apparatus comprising:
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a surface, the surface has a front side and a back side; a wireless data system, the wireless data system includes a wireless data module, the wireless data system is fixed to the back side of the surface, the wireless data module is configured to communicate with a user device and to receive a wireless stream of data from the user device; and a data output interface, the data output interface is configured to receive data from the wireless data module, wherein the data is derived from the wireless stream of data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wirelessly enabled content delivery apparatus comprising:
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a surface, the surface has a front side, a back side, and a conductive layer within a thickness of the surface; a trench, the trench is formed in the conductive layer to define a touch area, the touch area is isolated from the rest of the conductive layer; a conductive pickup, the conductive pickup is mounted on a back side of the surface over the touch area and the conductive pickup is electrically connected to a capacitive touch controller, such that when a user touches the touch area on the front side of the surface the touch controller responds to the user'"'"'s touch; a wireless data module, the wireless data module is fixed to the back side of the surface, the wireless data module is configured to communicate with the touch controller and a user device and to receive a wireless stream of data from the user device; and a data output interface, the data output interface is configured to receive data from the wireless data module, wherein the data is derived from the wireless stream of data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method to select a wirelessly enabled content delivery apparatus within a hospitality environment comprising:
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associating a visual identifier with a wirelessly enabled content delivery device, wherein the wirelessly enabled content delivery device is one of a plurality of content delivery devices deployed within a hospitality environment and each wirelessly enabled content delivery device contains a wireless data module; and programming the wireless data module with information related to the visual identifier, so that when a user sees an indicator displayed on a user device the indicator identifies the wirelessly enabled content delivery device from a list of at least two content delivery devices from the plurality of content delivery devices. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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providing a content stream to a wirelessly enabled content delivery device from a user device; receiving a telephone call on the user device; and switching the content stream to the audio from the phone call being received by the user device. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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