Registering access device multimedia content via a broadband access gateway
First Claim
1. A system supporting sharing of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services among a plurality of access devices, the system comprising:
- a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface;
the gateway receiving identification information from each of the plurality of access devices;
the gateway collecting, from a first of the plurality of access devices, information descriptive of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services available on the first of the plurality of access devices;
the gateway selecting at least a portion of the information descriptive of one or both of the multimedia information and the media-related services available on the first of the plurality of access devices and collected from the first of the plurality of access devices based upon the identification information received from a second of the plurality of access devices; and
the gateway distributing to the second of the plurality of access devices the selected portion of the collected information.
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Abstract
A system and method of registering or exchanging information about the availability of multimedia information and services is disclosed. Access devices in a wireless local area network (WLAN) and/or personal area network (PAN) may register, with a wireless broadband access gateway, selected information about multimedia information and services that they have and may share. Information about the available multimedia information and services may be shared by the wireless broadband access gateway with other access devices within the coverage area of the WLAN or PAN. Access devices may then access the multimedia information and services of other access devices via the wireless broadband access gateway, based upon information identifying and authenticating the recipient. A broadband connection permits the gateway to pass multimedia information and service activity to and from the access devices within the coverage area of the WLAN or PAN.
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36 Claims
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1. A system supporting sharing of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services among a plurality of access devices, the system comprising:
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a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface; the gateway receiving identification information from each of the plurality of access devices; the gateway collecting, from a first of the plurality of access devices, information descriptive of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services available on the first of the plurality of access devices; the gateway selecting at least a portion of the information descriptive of one or both of the multimedia information and the media-related services available on the first of the plurality of access devices and collected from the first of the plurality of access devices based upon the identification information received from a second of the plurality of access devices; and the gateway distributing to the second of the plurality of access devices the selected portion of the collected information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method supporting the sharing of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services using a plurality of access devices, the method comprising:
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collecting, via one or both of a wireless and a wired network, information describing one or both of multimedia information and media-related services available from the plurality of access devices; receiving identification information identifying each of the plurality of access devices; selecting a portion of the information describing one or both of the multimedia information and the media-related services available from a first of the plurality of access devices based upon the identification information identifying a second of the plurality of access devices; and distributing the selected portion of collected information to the second of the plurality of access devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable medium, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a gateway supporting the sharing of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services among a plurality of access devices, the code sections executable by a processor for causing the processor to perform the operations comprising:
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collecting, via at least one of a wireless and a wired network, information describing one or both of the multimedia information and the media-related services available from the plurality of access devices; receiving identification information identifying each of the plurality of access devices; selecting a portion of the information describing one or both of the multimedia information and the media-related services available from a first of the plurality of access devices based upon the identification information identifying a second of the plurality of access devices; and distributing the selected portion of collected information to the second of the plurality of access devices. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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