MULTIMEDIA DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A multimedia data distribution system, comprising:
- a multimedia content source;
a multimedia controller; and
at least one distribution zone, comprising;
a zone hub, receiving multimedia data from the multimedia content source through an out-of-zone data path; and
at least one zone media players, wherein each of the at least zone media player directly receives the multimedia data from the zone hub through an in-zone data path, wherein each of the in-zone data path is a wireless peer-to-peer connection.
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Abstract
A multimedia data distribution system is provided. The multimedia data distribution system comprises a multimedia controller and at least a distribution zone. A distribution zone has a zone hub and zero to finite number of zone media player. The zone hub receives multimedia data from a multimedia content source through an out-of-zone data path and then synchronously redistributes multimedia contents to rest of zone media players via in-zone data paths. A multimedia controller utilizes out-of-zone control path to transmit control message to a zone hub, which in turn relays the control messages to addressed zone media player(s) via in-zone control paths. The zone hub of a distribution zone receives status updates from individual zone media players via in-zone status update paths, aggregates them, and then relays to the multimedia controller via the out-of-zone status update path. While out-of-zone data, control, and status update paths are setting up based on Wi-Fi connections to an infrastructure AP or a Hotspot, all of the in-zone paths are established on Wi-Fi Direct peer-to-peer connections.
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25 Claims
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1. A multimedia data distribution system, comprising:
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a multimedia content source; a multimedia controller; and at least one distribution zone, comprising; a zone hub, receiving multimedia data from the multimedia content source through an out-of-zone data path; and at least one zone media players, wherein each of the at least zone media player directly receives the multimedia data from the zone hub through an in-zone data path, wherein each of the in-zone data path is a wireless peer-to-peer connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A multimedia data distribution system, comprising:
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a portable device having a multimedia controller and a zone hub, wherein the multimedia controller is integrated with the zone hub in the portable device; and at least a zone media player, wherein an in-zone data path is established between the portable device and each of the zone media player, and each of the zone media player directly receives multimedia data from the zone hub in the portable device through the in-zone data path, wherein each of the in-zone data path is a wireless peer-to-peer connection. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An operating method for a multimedia data distribution system, wherein the data distribution system includes a multimedia content source, a multimedia controller and at least one distribution zone, each of the at least distribution zone has a zone hub and at least one zone media player, an in-zone data path is established between the zone hub and each of the zone media player, and an out-of-zone data path is established between the multimedia controller and the zone hub of each of the at least distribution zone, the operating method comprising:
a multimedia data transmission operation including receiving multimedia data by the zone hub through the out-of-zone data path and directly redistributing the received multimedia data by the zone hub to each of the zone media player through the corresponding in-zone data path, wherein each of the in-zone data path is a wireless peer-to-peer connection. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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