Providing and receiving content for computer networks using a gateway and server
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1. A method for receiving content for nodes on a network, the method comprising:
- establishing a mobile personal communication device as a gateway device for a plurality of destination nodes in a first network, the gateway device operative to communicate in the first network and communicate with a server in a second network;
receiving, at the gateway device, a content list for display at the gateway device, the content list being stored on a database at the server and listing a plurality of multimedia content items available for interaction on at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes;
receiving, at the gateway device, a list of the plurality of destination nodes for display at the gateway device;
selecting, at the gateway device, a multimedia content item of the plurality of multimedia content items from the content list displayed at the gateway device;
selecting, at the gateway device, the at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes as a destination node to receive the multimedia content selected at the gateway device;
communicating with the server from the gateway device to make a request for the multimedia content item selected at the gateway device to be provided to the at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes in the first network, wherein the requested multimedia content item is stored at the server; and
receiving the requested multimedia content item at the gateway device and providing the requested multimedia content item to the at least one destination node, wherein the requested multimedia content item is based on stored settings for the at least one destination node.
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Abstract
Providing and receiving content for nodes of a computer network. In one aspect, a method for receiving content for nodes on a network includes establishing a computer device as a gateway device that can communicate in a first network and communicate with a server in a second network. The gateway device makes a request for content to be provided to at least one destination node in the first network. The requested content is received at the gateway device and is then provided to the destination node, where the received content is based on stored settings for the at least one destination node.
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1. A method for receiving content for nodes on a network, the method comprising:
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establishing a mobile personal communication device as a gateway device for a plurality of destination nodes in a first network, the gateway device operative to communicate in the first network and communicate with a server in a second network; receiving, at the gateway device, a content list for display at the gateway device, the content list being stored on a database at the server and listing a plurality of multimedia content items available for interaction on at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes; receiving, at the gateway device, a list of the plurality of destination nodes for display at the gateway device; selecting, at the gateway device, a multimedia content item of the plurality of multimedia content items from the content list displayed at the gateway device; selecting, at the gateway device, the at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes as a destination node to receive the multimedia content selected at the gateway device; communicating with the server from the gateway device to make a request for the multimedia content item selected at the gateway device to be provided to the at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes in the first network, wherein the requested multimedia content item is stored at the server; and receiving the requested multimedia content item at the gateway device and providing the requested multimedia content item to the at least one destination node, wherein the requested multimedia content item is based on stored settings for the at least one destination node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing content to nodes on a computer network, the method comprising:
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sending to a gateway device for a plurality of destination nodes in a first network, a content list stored on a database at a server for display at the gateway device, the content list listing a plurality of multimedia content items available for interaction on at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes; receiving a request at the server from the gateway device for a multimedia content item of the plurality of multimedia content items selected at the gateway device from the content list stored at the server, wherein the gateway device is a mobile personal communication device and is operative to communicate with the first network and communicate with the server via a second network; receiving at the server from the gateway device an identification of the at least one destination node in the first network selected at the gateway device from a list of destination nodes displayed at the gateway device, wherein the at least one destination node is to receive the requested multimedia content item; and providing the requested multimedia content item to the gateway device so that the gateway device can provide the requested multimedia content item to the at least one destination node, wherein the requested multimedia content item is based on settings stored at the server for the at least one destination node. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program instructions to be implemented by a computer, the program instructions for receiving content for nodes on a network, the program instructions implementing steps comprising:
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establishing a mobile personal communication device as a gateway device for a plurality of destination nodes in a first network, the gateway device operative to communicate in the first network and communicate with a server in a second network; receiving, at the gateway device, a content list for display at the gateway device, the content list being stored on a database at the server and listing a plurality of multimedia content items available for interaction on at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes; receiving, at the gateway device, a list of the plurality of destination nodes for display at the gateway device; selecting, at the gateway device, a multimedia content item of the plurality of multimedia content items from the content list displayed at the gateway device; selecting, at the gateway device, the at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes as a destination node to receive the multimedia content selected at the gateway device; communicating with the server from the gateway device to make a request for the multimedia content item selected at the gateway device and stored at the server to be provided to the at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes in the first network; and receiving the requested multimedia content item at the gateway device and providing the requested multimedia content item to the at least one destination node, wherein the requested multimedia content item is based on stored settings for the at least one destination node. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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