System, portable electronic device, and method for peer-to-peer communication of media
First Claim
1. A method of peer-to-peer audio-video communications between a plurality of portable electronic devices, the method comprising:
- receiving, with a first portable electronic device of the plurality of portable electronic devices, a selection from a first party to perform an audio-video communication with at least a second party associated with a second portable electronic device of the plurality of portable electronic devices, the second party being selected from a list provided on the first portable electronic device;
establishing a peer-to-peer communications link between the first portable electronic device and at least the second portable electronic device, by translating an address of the second portable electronic device stored on the first portable electronic device into a routable address with a media gateway; and
transmitting audio-video data from the first portable electronic device to at least the second portable electronic device via the established peer-to-peer communications link, where the second portable electronic device converts the audio-video data into images and sound.
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Abstract
A wireless media player and a related system and methodology are disclosed. One aspect of the wireless media player system pertains to a virtual connector system, apparatus, and method for the automatic establishment of wireless connectivity with other electronic devices. In one embodiment, the media player device employs the use of integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to exchange communication settings, media capability, and other parameters with an external device that also has integrated RFID technology. The automatic exchange of settings and other information via a proximity-based RFID data exchange allows a media player to quickly establish a secure communication link with another device via a commonly supported wireless protocol such as Ultra Wideband (UWB) or Bluetooth. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a method of using the captured media capability of the connecting device to customize certain menu options and software parameters in the media player.
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53 Claims
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1. A method of peer-to-peer audio-video communications between a plurality of portable electronic devices, the method comprising:
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receiving, with a first portable electronic device of the plurality of portable electronic devices, a selection from a first party to perform an audio-video communication with at least a second party associated with a second portable electronic device of the plurality of portable electronic devices, the second party being selected from a list provided on the first portable electronic device; establishing a peer-to-peer communications link between the first portable electronic device and at least the second portable electronic device, by translating an address of the second portable electronic device stored on the first portable electronic device into a routable address with a media gateway; and transmitting audio-video data from the first portable electronic device to at least the second portable electronic device via the established peer-to-peer communications link, where the second portable electronic device converts the audio-video data into images and sound. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of communications between a plurality of portable electronic devices, the method comprising:
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receiving, with a first portable electronic device of the plurality of portable electronic devices, a selection from a first party to communicate media to at least a second party associated with a second portable electronic device of the plurality of portable electronic devices, the second party being selected from a list provided on the first portable electronic device; establishing a peer-to-peer communications link between the first portable electronic device and at least the second portable electronic device, by translating an address of the second portable electronic device stored on the first portable electronic device into a routable address with a media gateway; receiving a selection of media with the first portable electronic device, the selected media to be transmitted to at least the second portable electronic device; and transmitting selected media from the first portable electronic device to at least the second portable electronic device via the established peer-to-peer communications link. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a touch screen display to receive a selection from a first party to perform an audio-video communication with at least a second party associated with a second portable electronic device of a plurality of portable electronic devices, the second party being selected from a list provided on the touch screen display; a first wireless transceiver configured to communicate via a cellular communications network to provide access to the Internet; a second wireless transceiver to communicate via a local wireless network to provide at least one of access to the Internet and access to one or more devices communicatively coupled to the local wireless network; and one or more processors to establish a peer-to-peer communications link between the portable electronic device that is communicatively coupled to a media gateway via at least one of the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver and at least the second portable electronic device that is communicatively coupled to the media gateway, the one or more processors configured to provide an address of the second portable electronic device stored in the portable electronic device to the media gateway which resolves the address into a routable address, the media gateway configured to provide the routable address to the one or more processors to establish the peer-to-peer communications link between the portable electronic device and the second portable electronic device, and the one or more processors configured to control the transmission of audio-video data from the portable electronic device to at least the second portable electronic device via the established peer-to-peer communications link. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of communicating between portable electronic devices, the method comprising:
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selecting, from a list of items presented on a first portable electronic device, a party identifier associated with a second portable electronic device; retrieving an address of the second portable electronic device from a memory on the first portable electronic device, the address being associated in the memory with the party identifier; establishing a peer-to-peer connection on a communications network between the first portable electronic device and the second portable electronic device using the address retrieved from the memory; selecting, by the first portable electronic device, a media asset; and transmitting the selected media asset from the first portable electronic device to the second portable electronic device via the established peer-to-peer connection. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system, comprising:
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a media gateway; a second portable electronic device communicatively coupled to the media gateway; and a first portable electronic device communicatively coupled to the media gateway, the first portable electronic device including a touch screen display to receive a selection from a first party to perform an audio-video communication with at least a second party associated with the second portable electronic device, the second party being selected from a list provided on the touch screen display, a first wireless transceiver to communicate via a cellular communications network to provide access to the Internet, a second wireless transceiver to communicate via a local wireless network to provide at least one of access to the Internet and access to one or more devices communicatively coupled to the local network, and one or more processors configured to establish a peer-to-peer communications link between the first portable electronic device and the second portable electronic device via at least one of the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver, the first portable electronic device further comprising memory, and the one or more processors configured to provide an address of the second portable electronic device stored in the memory to the media gateway, wherein the media gateway is configured to resolve the address into a routable address, the media gateway is configured to provide the routable address to the one or more processors to establish the peer-to-peer communications link between the first portable electronic device and the second portable electronic device, and the one or more processors are configured to control a transmission of audio-video data from the first portable electronic device to the second portable electronic device via the established peer-to-peer communications link. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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