Method and system for enabling rendering of electronic media content via a secure ad hoc network configuration utilizing a handheld wireless communication device

• US 8,711,824 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2012
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Buer, Mark, Behzad, Arya, Karaoguz, Jeyhan, MacInnis, Alexander, Quigley, Thomas, Walley, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Qureshi, Afsar M
• Application Number:
  US13/713,709
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 370310-405, 455 301- 306, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/412.1, 709227-242
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/752 adapting media to network capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) establishes an ad hoc network comprising interconnected networks for a user. The HWCD gains access to content on a first device and controls communication of the content from the first device via the HWCD to a second device. The HWCD enables the second device to consume the content. The content may be streamed from the first device via the HWCD to the second device. The first device is a service provider network device or other network device. The access may be authenticated and/or secure. Secure access to the content is extended from the first device to the second device. The ad hoc network is configured and/or reconfigured until communication is complete. The HWCD comprises multiple wireless interfaces. The ad hoc network comprises a PAN, WLAN, WAN and/or cellular network. The HWCD may hand-off among base stations during communication of the content.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD); and

a content rendering device communicatively coupled with the HWCD, the content rendering device configured to;

establish a network link with the HWCD;

receive content accessed from a remote network device by the HWCD, where communication of the accessed content to the content rendering device is controlled by the HWCD; and

rendering the accessed content for display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the accessed content is routed to the content rendering device via the network link with the HWCD.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein network link is established as a secure link.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the HWCD is configured to convert the accessed content to a format suitable for rendering by the content rendering device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the accessed content is routed to the content rendering device through a second network link with the remote network device, the second network link established by the HWCD.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the network link with the HWCD is established through an access point.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the network link is established through a wireless connection with the HWCD.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the accessed content is received in an encrypted format.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein consumption of the accessed content by the content rendering device is controlled by the HWCD.

10. A method, comprising:

establishing a network link between a content rendering device and a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD);

receiving, by the content rendering device, content accessed by the HWCD from a remote network device, where communication of the accessed content to the content rendering device is controlled by the HWCD; and

rendering, by the content rendering device, the accessed content for display.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the accessed content includes protected content that is accessed by the HWCD.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein access to the protected content is based upon authentication of the HWCD.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising establishing a secure network link between the remote network device and the content rendering device for communication of the accessed content.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the accessed content is received in an encrypted format.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein consumption of the accessed content by the content rendering device is controlled by the HWCD.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the accessed content is buffered prior to consumption by the content rendering device.

17. A system, comprising:

a local network including an access point; and

a content rendering device communicatively coupled to the access point, the content rendering device configured to;

receive content through a network link established by a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD), where communication of the content to the content rendering device is controlled by the HWCD; and

render the content for display.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the content comprises electronic media content streamed from a remote network device.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the remote network device is a service provider network device.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the electronic media content is streamed to the content rendering device via the network link.