Remote selection and authorization of collected media transmission

• US 9,680,949 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2015
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Caunter, Mark Leslie, Jackson, Bruce Kelly, Geach, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Shepperd, Eric W
• Application Number:
  US14/605,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149599A1
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

A personal media system implemented as a tuple service allows remote access, selection, authorization, and transmission of personal media stored in a collection on a home network across a network to a guest network. A mobile client device enables browsing/searching for content, shows media players within a domain, finds a media player within a domain for a given media type, gets a media object, and renders a media object on a given media player within a domain. Each gateway has an agent that registers to the server and responds to commands from the server. The server acts as a hub for moving digital content objects between domains, provides media services on behalf of domains (e.g., transcoding, proxy streaming, etc.), provides a web interface to mobile client devices for control over user domains, sends commands to the personal media agents, and creates an accessible set of domains for a user.

Claims

1. A method for remotely controlling access to media content, comprising:

registering a mobile device with a media content server by sending a registration to the media content server, wherein the registration enables the media content server to tie the mobile device to a home domain;

transmitting, using the mobile device, to the media content server, a media content search query, wherein the media content search query is a query of indexed media content that is indexed to the home domain;

receiving from the media content server, responsive to the media content search query, a media content listing, wherein the media content listing includes one or more elements of the indexed media content;

receiving, using the mobile device, a user command to play media content from the media content listing on a media player in the guest domain, wherein the media player is in a guest domain device other than the mobile device; and

sending, to the media content server, a command to play the media content from the home domain on the media player in the guest domain.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a media search user interface on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising depicting the media content listing via a graphical user interface on the mobile device, wherein the media content listing includes a personal media content index.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising depicting the media content listing via a graphical user interface on the mobile device, wherein the media content listing includes a listing of media types, a listing of artists, a listing of album titles, a listing of genres, a listing of playlists, a listing of song titles, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a command to the media content server directing the media content server to provide a list of media players within the guest domain;

receiving, using the mobile device, a user input selecting the media player; and

transmitting, to the guest domain, data identifying the selected media player.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering the mobile device at the guest domain.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device does not duplicate any portion of the media content.

8. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and storing processor-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to;

register the mobile device with a media content server by sending a registration to the media content server, wherein the registration enables the media content server to tie the mobile device to a home domain;

transmit, using the mobile device, to the media content server, a media content search query, wherein the media content search query is a query of indexed media content that is indexed to the home domain;

receive from the media content server, responsive to the media content search query, a media content listing, wherein the media content listing includes one or more elements of the indexed media content;

receive, using the mobile device, a user command to play media content from the media content listing on a media player in the guest domain, wherein the media player is in a guest domain device other than the mobile device; and

send, to the media content server, a command to play the media content from the home domain on the media player in the guest domain.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the memory further stores processor-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to provide a media search user interface on the mobile device.

10. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the memory further stores processor-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to depict the media content listing via a graphical user interface on the mobile device, wherein the media content listing includes a personal media content index.

11. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the memory further stores processor-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to depict the media content listing via a graphical user interface on the mobile device, wherein the media content listing includes a listing of media types, a listing of artists, a listing of album titles, a listing of genres, a listing of playlists, a listing of song titles, or a combination thereof.

12. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the memory further stores processor-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to provide a graphical user interface on the mobile device to find a media player, within the guest domain, which can handle a specific media type.

13. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the memory further stores processor-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to send a command to the media content server directing the media content server to provide a list of media players within the guest domain.

14. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the memory further stores processor-executable instructions configured to:

cause the processor to receive a user input identifying the media content as a selected search result;

receive, using the mobile device, a user input selecting the media player; and

transmit, to the guest domain, data identifying the selected media player.

15. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the memory further stores processor-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to register the mobile device at the guest domain.

16. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the memory further stores processor-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to not duplicate any portion of the media content.

17. A mobile device configured to remotely control access to media content, comprising:

means for registering the mobile device with a media content server by sending a registration to the media content server, wherein the registration enables the media content server to tie the mobile device to a home domain;

means for transmitting, using the mobile device, to the media content server, a media content search query, wherein the media content search query is a query of indexed media content that is indexed to the home domain;

means for receiving from the media content server, responsive to the media content search query, a media content listing, wherein the media content listing includes one or more elements of the indexed media content;

means for receiving, using the mobile device, a user command to play media content from the media content listing on a media player in the guest domain, wherein the media player is in a guest domain device other than the mobile device; and

means for sending, to the media content server, a command to play the media content from the home domain on the media player in the guest domain.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, further comprising means for providing a media search user interface on the mobile device.

19. The mobile device of claim 17, further comprising means for depicting the media content listing, wherein the media content listing includes a personal media content index.

20. The mobile device of claim 17, further comprising means for depicting the media content listing, wherein the media content listing includes a listing of media types, a listing of artists, a listing of album titles, a listing of genres, a listing of playlists, a listing of song titles, or a combination thereof.

21. The mobile device of claim 17, further comprising:

means for sending a command to the media content server directing the media content server to provide a list of media players within the guest domain;

means for receiving, using the mobile device, a user input selecting the media player; and

means for transmitting, to the guest domain, data identifying the selected media player.

22. The mobile device of claim 17, further comprising means for registering the mobile device at the guest domain.

23. The mobile device of claim 17, further comprising means for causing the mobile device to not duplicate any portion of the media content.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising processor-executable instructions stored thereon configured to cause a processor to:

register a mobile device with a media content server by sending a registration to the media content server, wherein the registration enables the media content server to tie the mobile device to a home domain;

transmit, using the mobile device, to the media content server, a media content search query, wherein the media content search query is a query of indexed media content that is indexed to the home domain;

receive from the media content server, responsive to the media content search query, a media content listing, wherein the media content listing includes one or more elements of the indexed media content;

receive, using the mobile device, a user command to play media content from the media content listing on a media player in the guest domain, wherein the media player is in a guest domain device other than the mobile device; and

send, to the media content server, a command to play the media content from the home domain on the media player in the guest domain.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to provide a media search user interface on the mobile device.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to depict the media content listing via a graphical user interface on the mobile device, wherein the media content listing includes a personal media content index.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to depict the media content listing via a graphical user interface on the mobile device, wherein the media content listing includes a listing of media types, a listing of artists, a listing of album titles, a listing of genres, a listing of playlists, a listing of song titles, or a combination thereof.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the instructions are further configured to:

cause the processor to send a command to the media content server directing the media content server to provide a list of media players within the guest domain;

receive, using the mobile device, a user input selecting the media player; and

transmit, to the guest domain, data identifying the selected media player.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to register the mobile device at the guest domain.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 24, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to cause the mobile device to not duplicate any portion of the media content.