Handling of multimedia call sessions and attachments using multi-network simulcasting
First Claim
1. A method of handling multimedia information through multi-network simulcasting, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a first of a plurality of access devices, multimedia information designated for a second of the plurality of access devices, wherein the multimedia information comprises streaming media;
determining whether the second of the plurality of access devices is compatible with the multimedia information;
redirecting the multimedia information via one or both of a personal area network and/or a broadband network, if the second of the plurality of access devices is not compatible;
adapting non-compatible multimedia information to be compatible with the second of the plurality of access devices; and
forwarding the multimedia information to the second of the plurality of access devices, if the second of the plurality of access devices is compatible, wherein said forwarding occurs during an active call.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus supporting the handling of multimedia information using simulcasting using a broadband access gateway are disclosed. A broadband access gateway supporting both a personal area network and a broadband network may receive multimedia information during exchanges between access devices over a wireless wide area network. The wireless wide area network may intercept multimedia information, and may, for example, determine that the access device of the recipient is incompatible with the multimedia information. The wide area network may then redirect the multimedia information to a broadband access gateway that may cause the storage of the received multimedia information. In another representative embodiment of the present invention, the wide area network may adapt intercepted multimedia information to be compatible with the access device of the recipient, and may also redirect the original intercepted multimedia information to a broadband access gateway. The broadband access gateway may then cause the original intercepted multimedia information to be stored for later access. A recipient of the multimedia attachment or information may be notified of the redirection of the multimedia attachment or information, and may retrieve the stored multimedia information using a wired or wireless access device.
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42 Claims
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1. A method of handling multimedia information through multi-network simulcasting, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a first of a plurality of access devices, multimedia information designated for a second of the plurality of access devices, wherein the multimedia information comprises streaming media; determining whether the second of the plurality of access devices is compatible with the multimedia information; redirecting the multimedia information via one or both of a personal area network and/or a broadband network, if the second of the plurality of access devices is not compatible; adapting non-compatible multimedia information to be compatible with the second of the plurality of access devices; and forwarding the multimedia information to the second of the plurality of access devices, if the second of the plurality of access devices is compatible, wherein said forwarding occurs during an active call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system supporting handling multimedia information through multi-network simulcasting, the system comprising:
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a plurality of access devices capable of communicating multimedia information via a wireless wide area network communicatively coupled to a broadband network, wherein the multimedia information comprises streaming media; a gateway communicatively coupled to the broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway capable of selectively exchanging multimedia information among at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface; the wireless wide area network redirecting multimedia information for one of the plurality of access devices based upon at least one parameter, the gateway capable of adapting non-compatible multimedia information to be compatible with the one of the plurality of access devices based upon the at least one parameter; and the gateway capable of causing storage of the redirected multimedia information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a system supporting handling multimedia information through multi-network simulcasting, the code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the operations comprising:
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receiving, from a first of a plurality of access devices, multimedia information designated for a second of the plurality of access devices, wherein the multimedia information comprises streaming media; determining whether the second of the plurality of access devices is compatible with the multimedia information; redirecting the multimedia information via one or both of;
a personal area network and/or a broadband network, if the second of the plurality of access devices is not compatible;adapting non-compatible multimedia information to be compatible with the second of the plurality of access devices; and forwarding the multimedia information to the second of the plurality of access devices, if the second of the plurality of access devices is compatible. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system supporting handling of multimedia information through multi-network simulcasting, the system having a plurality of access devices capable of communicating multimedia information comprising streaming media via a wireless wide area network communicatively coupled to a broadband network, the system comprising:
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a gateway communicatively coupled to the broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway capable of selectively exchanging multimedia information among at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface; the gateway capable of adapting non-compatible multimedia information to be compatible with one of the plurality of access devices based upon at least one parameter, the at least one parameter supporting redirection by the wireless wide area network of multimedia information for the one of the plurality of access devices; and the gateway capable of causing storage of the redirected multimedia information. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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