System and method for remotely controlling network resources

• US 7,937,484 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2004
• Issued: 05/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Atheros Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ORB Networks Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bing, Jehan, Le Nerriec, Yohan, Dubreuil, Jerome, Serghine, Maklouf, Julia, Luc
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia; Rupal D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fan; Hua
• Application Number:
  US10/888,745
• Publication Number:
  US 20060080452A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,489 Days
• Field of Search: 709/212, 709217-219, 709/223, 709/226, 709/230
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/00 Network traffic management; Network resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/00 Local resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/06 Airborne or Satellite Networks space-based or airborne stations H04B7/185

Abstract

A personal network may be established by interconnecting a plurality of satellites as part of the personal network. Each satellite may configured to communicate with one or more other satellites. On any given one of the plurality of satellites, data indicating a connectivity status for the one or more other satellites is automatically received, and information indicating a capability of the one or more other satellites is automatically received. The given satellite may be configured to enable at least one other corresponding satellite in the plurality of satellites to be made available for use, so that a capability of the at least one other corresponding satellite is made available for the given satellite.

Claims

1. A method for establishing and using a personal network, the method being implemented by one or more processors that perform steps comprising:

interconnecting a plurality of satellites, the plurality of satellites including or corresponding to a plurality of devices that belong to or are under control of a user so as to form at least a part of the personal network, the plurality of satellites having access to a plurality of media resources, each of the plurality of media resources being stored or provided by at least one of the plurality of devices;

enabling the user to operate a satellite program on a first of any of multiple devices in the plurality of devices as selected by the user in order to establish a remote control device having remote control functionality for controlling other satellites over one or more networks;

responsive to user input on the remote control device, operating the remote control device in (i) selecting one of the plurality of media resources that is provided or directly accessed by a second one of the plurality of devices, and (ii) controlling the second device in streaming, over one or more networks, data corresponding to the selected media resource to a third one of the plurality of devices that is selected by the remote control device, so as to generate a media output from the streamed data on the selected third device;

wherein the remote control device, the second device and the third device are separated from one another across one or more networks;

operating the remote control device to output a content that is generated in response to selection of the media resource at a location of the second device concurrently with the third device reproducing generating the media output at the location of the third device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected media resource corresponds to a media file containing data corresponding to at least audio, and wherein the method further comprises the step of generating a media output corresponding to at least the audio of the media file being reproduced at a location of the third device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected media resource corresponds to a media file containing image or video, and wherein the step of generating a media output includes displaying content corresponding to at least the image or video of the media file being reproduced at a location of the third device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving information, including identification information, for at least the second device; and

locating the second device across the one or more networks using the remote control device at a subsequent instance using the identification information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of interconnecting a plurality of satellites includes interconnecting at least some of the plurality of satellites across a local area or home network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote control device corresponds to a roaming device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the roaming device corresponds to a device having cellular telephony capabilities.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected media resource corresponds to a media feed.