Method and system for mobile vehicle content management

• US 8,185,041 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2007
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kirby, John, Raftelis, Michael, Walter, Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Fayyaz
• Application Number:
  US11/800,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20080274688A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,845 Days
• Field of Search: 725 62- 63, 725 74- 76, 455 301- 306, 455/432.1, 455436-444
• US Class Current: 455/3.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4405 involving video stream decryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/1675 Providing digital key or authorisation information for generation or regeneration of the scrambling sequence pseudo-random number generators in general G06F7/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method and system for mobile vehicle content management. Content may be received wireless from a plurality of access technologies within a mobile vehicle. The content may be balanced from the plurality of access technologies to select the content from at least one access technology for decryption. The selected content may be provided to a receiver device for presentation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

wirelessly receiving particular video content within a mobile vehicle from a first network data source of a plurality of network data sources within a network and receiving the particular video content within the mobile vehicle from a second network data source of the plurality of network data sources within the network, wherein the particular video content received from the first network data source is received utilizing a first access technology and wherein the particular video content received from the second network data source is received utilizing a second access technology, wherein the particular video content received from the first network data source is the same particular video content received from the second network data source, and wherein the first access technology is different from the second access technology;

buffering the received particular video content from each of the first network data source and second data network source;

provisioning the buffered video content from the first network data source to a receiver device for presentation within the mobile vehicle;

balancing the buffered video content from the first network data source and the buffered video content from the second network data source received utilizing a first access technology to select the buffered video content from the second network data source received via the second access technology based on at least one access factor from the plurality of access technologies;

synchronizing the buffered video content from the first network data source and the buffered video content from the second network data source; and

transitioning the provision of the buffered video content from the first network data source to the receiver device for presentation within the mobile vehicle to the provision of the synchronized buffered video content from the second network data source to the receiver device for presentation within the mobile vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein wirelessly receiving encrypted video content within a mobile vehicle from a plurality of network data sources within a network comprises:

providing an authentication request to an authentication server; and

wirelessly receiving encrypted video content within the mobile vehicle from the plurality of network data sources within a network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein providing an authentication request to an authentication server further comprises:

receiving an indication of authentication from the authentication server in response to the authentication request.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising decrypting selected video content and providing the decrypted video content to the receiver device for presentation.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wirelessly providing the selected video content to a receiver device for presentation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one access factor includes at least one of signal strength indication, capability of the receiver device, and available bandwidth indication.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one network factor includes at least one of signal strength indication, available bandwidth indication, and proximity indication to a particular network data source.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein provision of video content to a receiver device for presentation comprises:

reducing a number of pixels in the video content; and

providing the reduced video content to a receiver device for presentation.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver device is at least one of a mobile phone, a television, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a mobile communications center device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile vehicle is an automobile or a boat.

11. A machine-readable memory medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

wirelessly receiving particular video content within a mobile vehicle from a first network data source of a plurality of network data sources within a network and receiving the particular video content within the mobile vehicle from a second network data source of the plurality of network data sources within the network, wherein the particular video content received from the first network data source is received utilizing a first access technology and wherein the particular video content received from the second network data source is received utilizing a second access technology, wherein the particular video content received from the first network data source is the same particular video content received from the second network data source, and wherein the first access technology is different from the second access technology;

buffering the received particular video content from each of the first network data source and second data network source;

provisioning the buffered video content from the first network data source to a receiver device for presentation within the mobile vehicle;

balancing the buffered video content from the first network data source and the buffered video content from the second network data source received utilizing a first access technology to select the buffered video content from the second network data source received via the second access technology based on at least one access factor from the plurality of access technologies;

synchronizing the buffered video content from the first network data source and the buffered video content from the second network data source; and

transitioning the provision of the buffered video content from the first network data source to the receiver device for presentation within the mobile vehicle to the provision of the synchronized buffered video content from the second network data source to the receiver device for presentation within the mobile vehicle.

12. The machine-readable memory medium of claim 11, wherein to wirelessly receive further includes instructions to:

provide an authentication request to an authentication server;

receive an authentication indication from the authentication server in response to the authentication request; and

wirelessly receive encrypted video content within the mobile vehicle from the plurality of network data sources within the network.

13. A system comprising:

a content receiver module to wirelessly receive content within a mobile vehicle from at least a first of a plurality of network data sources and at least a second of the plurality of network data sources within a network, wherein the at least the first of the plurality of network data sources and the at least a second of the plurality of network data sources utilize different access technologies from a plurality of access technologies, wherein the content receiver module wirelessly receives particular video content within the mobile vehicle from a first network data source of a plurality of network data sources within a network and wirelessly receives the particular video content within the mobile vehicle from a second network data source of the plurality of network data sources within the network, wherein the particular video content received from the first network data source is received utilizing a first access technology and wherein the particular video content received from the second network data source is received utilizing a second access technology, wherein the particular video content received from the first network data source is the same particular video content received from the second network data source, and wherein the first access technology is different from the second access technology;

a buffer module to buffer the received content, wherein the buffer module buffers the received particular video content from each of the first network data source and second data network source;

a balancing module to balance the content from the at least the first of the plurality of network data sources and the at least the second of the plurality of network data sources to select the content from the at least the second network data source based on at least one access factor and at least one network factor, wherein the balancing module balances the buffered video content from the first network data source and the buffered video content from the second network data source to select the buffered video content from the second network data source based on at least one access factor from the plurality of access technologies; and

a providing module to provide the selected buffered video content to a receiver device for presentation, wherein the providing module transitions the provision of the buffered video content from the first network data source to the receiver device for presentation to the provision of the selected buffered video content from the second network data source to the receiver device for presentation.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a decryption module to decrypt the received content of the at least one network data source.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a synchronizing module to synchronize the received content from the at least the first of the plurality of network data sources and the received content from the at least the second of the plurality of network data sources.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

an authentication request module to provide an authentication request to an authentication server; and

an authentication receiver module to receive an indication of authentication from the authentication server in response to the authentication request.