Dynamically mediating multimedia content and devices
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1. A method for mining relationships between multimedia content and a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
- receiving multimedia content information;
receiving device information of the plurality of devices in a network environment; and
correlating the multimedia content information and the device information that describes device offerings and capabilities comprising of;
location, size of display, and stereo availability to determine best-fit devices to reproduce the multimedia content, wherein device relationships are generated based on the correlation of the multimedia content information and the device information.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a communication network having a plurality of communication devices capable of transferring content wirelessly. The communication network comprises at least two communication devices and a mediator. The first communication device receives streaming content. The second communication device receives content different from the content streaming to the first communication device. In turn, the mediator determines whether the streaming content should take precedence over the content different from the content streaming on the first communication device.
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1. A method for mining relationships between multimedia content and a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
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receiving multimedia content information; receiving device information of the plurality of devices in a network environment; and correlating the multimedia content information and the device information that describes device offerings and capabilities comprising of;
location, size of display, and stereo availability to determine best-fit devices to reproduce the multimedia content, wherein device relationships are generated based on the correlation of the multimedia content information and the device information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A communication network having a plurality of communication devices capable of transferring content wirelessly, the communication network comprising:
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a first communication device to receive streaming content; a second communication device to receive content different from the content streaming to the first communication device; and a mediator to determine whether the streaming content should take precedence over the content different from the content streaming on the first communication device by identifying if the first communication device or second communication device is a most recent device to connect to the communication network if the first communication device is the most recent device to connect to the communication network, providing to the second communication device the streaming content in addition to the content different from the streaming content, wherein the streaming content takes precedence over the content different from the streaming content; if the second communication device is the most recent device to connect to the communication network, providing to the first communication device the content different from the streaming content in addition to the streaming content, wherein the content different from the streaming content takes precedence over the streaming content. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer system having a processor, a memory, and an operating environment, the computer system operable to execute a method for mining relationships between multimedia content and a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
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receiving multimedia content information; receiving device information of the plurality of devices in a network environment; and correlating the multimedia content information and the device information that describes device offerings and capabilities comprising of;
location, size of display, and stereo availability to determine best-fit devices to reproduce the multimedia content, wherein device relationships are generated based on the correlation of the multimedia content information and the device information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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