Apparatus and method for managing mobile device servers
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1. A method, comprising:
- establishing, by a processing system comprising a processor, communications with a first portable communication device and second portable communication device;
detecting, by the processing system, a media resource center proximate to the processing system, wherein the media resource center is operably coupled with a first media device;
establishing, by the processing system, communications with the media resource center;
transmitting, by the processing system, a first pairing key to the media resource center to enable the first portable communication device to access a first media service from the first media device;
transmitting, by the processing system, a second pairing key that is associated with the second portable communication device to the media resource center to enable the second portable communication device to access the first media service from the first media device;
receiving, by the processing system, a request for access to the first media service from the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device;
arbitrating, by the processing system, access to the first media service of the first media device by the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device by requesting a concession for access to the first media service from the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device, and receiving the concession for access to from one of the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device; and
arbitrating, by the processing system, according to a first priority indicator of the first pairing key that is associated with the first portable communication device, according to a second priority indicator of the second pairing key that is associated with the second portable communication device, and the received concession from one of the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device.
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Abstract
A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving at a media resource center a first pairing key from a first mobile device server and enabling the first mobile device to access at least one media device based on the first pairing key, where the at least one media device is operably coupled with the media resource center, where the first mobile devices provides media services by executing a web server application that utilizes the at least one media device, and where the first mobile device communicates with a second mobile device server to provide the media services. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing, by a processing system comprising a processor, communications with a first portable communication device and second portable communication device; detecting, by the processing system, a media resource center proximate to the processing system, wherein the media resource center is operably coupled with a first media device; establishing, by the processing system, communications with the media resource center; transmitting, by the processing system, a first pairing key to the media resource center to enable the first portable communication device to access a first media service from the first media device; transmitting, by the processing system, a second pairing key that is associated with the second portable communication device to the media resource center to enable the second portable communication device to access the first media service from the first media device; receiving, by the processing system, a request for access to the first media service from the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device; arbitrating, by the processing system, access to the first media service of the first media device by the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device by requesting a concession for access to the first media service from the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device, and receiving the concession for access to from one of the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device; and arbitrating, by the processing system, according to a first priority indicator of the first pairing key that is associated with the first portable communication device, according to a second priority indicator of the second pairing key that is associated with the second portable communication device, and the received concession from one of the first portable communication device and the second portable communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device, comprising:
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a processing system including a processor; a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising; receiving a first pairing key from a first mobile device server and a second pairing key from a second mobile device server; receiving a request for access to a media service of a media device from the first mobile device server and the second mobile device server; arbitrating access to the media service of the media device between the first mobile device server and the second mobile device server by requesting a concession for access to the media service from the first mobile device server and the second mobile device server, and receiving the concession for access to the media service from one of the first mobile device server and the second mobile device server; and arbitrating according to a first priority indicator of the first pairing key that is associated with the first mobile device server, according to a second priority indicator of the second pairing key that is associated with the second mobile device server, and the received concession from one of the first mobile device server and second mobile device server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage device, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
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receiving, from a media resource center, a request to enable communications with a first portable communication device, wherein the request to enable communications is received according to the media resource center receiving a first pairing key associated with the first portable communication device; transmitting the first pairing key to the media resource center to enable the first portable communication device to access a media service; providing the media service to a second portable communication device as directed by the first portable communication device; receiving a request for access to the media service from the first portable communication device and a third portable communication device; arbitrating access to the media service between the first portable communication device and the third portable communication device by requesting a concession for access to the media service from the first portable communication device and the third portable communication device, and receiving the concession for access to the media service from one of the first portable communication device and the third portable communication device; and arbitrating according to a priority indicator of the first pairing key that is associated with the first portable communication device and according to the concession from one of the first portable communication device and the third portable communication device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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