Location based directories Via a broadband access gateway
First Claim
1. A system supporting searching of information describing at least one of multimedia information and media-related services residing within a plurality of access devices, the system comprising:
- a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway capable of selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface;
the gateway capable of collecting, from at least one of the plurality of access devices, information describing at least one of multimedia information and media-related services available on the at least one of the plurality of access devices;
the gateway capable of identifying a portion of the collected descriptive information using at least one parameter associated with at least one other of the plurality of access devices; and
the gateway capable of distributing to the at least one other of the plurality of access devices the identified portion of the collected descriptive information.
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Abstract
A system and method supporting the collection and searching of information about sources of multimedia information and services is disclosed. A broadband access gateway may collect information describing multimedia information and services that may be available for sharing by access devices with which it is in wired or wireless communication. The collected descriptive information may be searched by the broadband access gateway using parameters provided by a user of an access device, to identify multimedia information and services of interest to the user. The results of the search may be distributed to the user that requested the search, and may be used to access the identified multimedia information and services. The gateway may classify the collected descriptive information about the available multimedia information and services, to simplify access by the user. The broadband access gateway may also support the synchronization of multimedia information across two or more access devices.
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1. A system supporting searching of information describing at least one of multimedia information and media-related services residing within a plurality of access devices, the system comprising:
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a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway capable of selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface;
the gateway capable of collecting, from at least one of the plurality of access devices, information describing at least one of multimedia information and media-related services available on the at least one of the plurality of access devices;
the gateway capable of identifying a portion of the collected descriptive information using at least one parameter associated with at least one other of the plurality of access devices; and
the gateway capable of distributing to the at least one other of the plurality of access devices the identified portion of the collected descriptive information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22)
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16. A method supporting the searching of information describing at least one of multimedia information and media-related services residing within a plurality of access devices, the method comprising:
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collecting, via at least one of a wireless and a wired network, information describing at least one of multimedia information and media-related services available from at least one of the plurality of access devices;
identifying a portion of the collected descriptive information using at least one parameter associated with at least one other of the plurality of access devices; and
distributing to the at least one other of the plurality of access devices the identified portion of the collected descriptive information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 42)
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31. A machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a gateway supporting the searching of information describing at least one of multimedia information and media-related services residing within a plurality of access devices, the code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the operations comprising:
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collecting, via at least one of a wireless and a wired network, information describing at least one of multimedia information and media-related services available from at least one of the plurality of access devices;
identifying a portion of the collected descriptive information using at least one parameter associated with at least one other of the plurality of access devices; and
distributing to the at least one other of the plurality of access devices the identified portion of the collected descriptive information. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45)
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