Routing of data including multimedia between electronic devices
DCFirst Claim
1. Apparatus for rerouting communication data, comprising:
- a mobile communication device comprising;
an announcer device associated with said mobile communication device, and configured for indicating to surrounding equipment that said mobile communication device is available to receive rerouting, thereby to enable receipt of rerouted data from said surrounding equipment, anda scout device associated with said mobile communication device, configured for scanning surroundings of said associated mobile communication device to identify and determine availability of compatible equipment in the vicinity, thereby to reroute data from said mobile communication device to a selected one of said surrounding equipment, wherein said rerouting comprises setting up a bidirectional communication link between said mobile communication device and said selected surrounding equipment, said bidirectional link having a first link direction from said mobile communication device to said selected surrounding equipment and a second link direction from said selected surrounding equipment to said mobile communication device, said bidirectional link carrying streaming data over both directions of said first link direction and said second link direction, and wherein said scout device is operable to determine media type requirements of said compatible equipment;
a media transformer, associated with said scout device, for transforming media into a form that accords with said determined media type requirements, wherein a plurality of types correspond to said media type requirements, and further comprising a user interface for allowing a user to select one of said media type requirements for transforming at said media transformer anda media cloner, associated with said media transformer, for making multiple copies of a single incoming data stream, thereby to enable said apparatus to redirect said single incoming data stream to a plurality of locations, at least some of said multiple copies being redirected via said media transformer.
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Abstract
Rerouting apparatus for rerouting data including multimedia data. The apparatus is for association with electronic equipment and allows for routing the data to a device regarded as the most convenient for playing the media. The apparatus comprises an announcer device for indicating to surrounding equipment that associated equipment is available for rerouting, thereby to enable receipt of rerouted communications therefrom, and a scout device for scanning surroundings of the associated equipment to find out about compatible equipment in the vicinity, thereby to reroute communications thereto. The apparatus may be attached to any device having data processing capability, to enable rerouting of data and communications therebetween.
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1. Apparatus for rerouting communication data, comprising:
a mobile communication device comprising; an announcer device associated with said mobile communication device, and configured for indicating to surrounding equipment that said mobile communication device is available to receive rerouting, thereby to enable receipt of rerouted data from said surrounding equipment, and a scout device associated with said mobile communication device, configured for scanning surroundings of said associated mobile communication device to identify and determine availability of compatible equipment in the vicinity, thereby to reroute data from said mobile communication device to a selected one of said surrounding equipment, wherein said rerouting comprises setting up a bidirectional communication link between said mobile communication device and said selected surrounding equipment, said bidirectional link having a first link direction from said mobile communication device to said selected surrounding equipment and a second link direction from said selected surrounding equipment to said mobile communication device, said bidirectional link carrying streaming data over both directions of said first link direction and said second link direction, and wherein said scout device is operable to determine media type requirements of said compatible equipment; a media transformer, associated with said scout device, for transforming media into a form that accords with said determined media type requirements, wherein a plurality of types correspond to said media type requirements, and further comprising a user interface for allowing a user to select one of said media type requirements for transforming at said media transformer and a media cloner, associated with said media transformer, for making multiple copies of a single incoming data stream, thereby to enable said apparatus to redirect said single incoming data stream to a plurality of locations, at least some of said multiple copies being redirected via said media transformer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34)
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16. A method of rerouting communication data comprising:
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receiving said data at a first mobile device, scouting a vicinity of said first mobile device with a scanning device, said scanning device being associated with said first mobile device, through said scanning device determining availability of other devices in the vicinity of said first mobile device, wherein the availability is determined based, at least partly, on media type requirements of said compatible equipment, and rerouting said data from said mobile device to at least one target device selected from devices in said scanned vicinity found to be available, said rerouting comprising setting up a bidirectional data link between said target device and said mobile device, said bidirectional data link having a first direction from said mobile device to said target device and a second direction from said target device to said mobile device, said bidirectional link being capable of carrying a multimedia datastream in both of said first direction and said second direction between said first mobile device and said selected target device transforming media into a form that accords with said determined media type requirements, wherein a plurality of types correspond to said media type requirements, and further comprising a user interface for allowing a user to select one of said media type requirements for transforming at said media transformer and making multiple copies of incoming data to redirect a single incoming communication to a plurality of locations, at least some of said multiple copies being redirected via said media transformer. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26)
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31. A method of routing communication data comprising:
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scouting a vicinity of a first mobile device with a scanning device, said scanning device being associated with said first mobile device, through said scanning device determining availability of other devices in the vicinity of said first mobile device for receiving of bidirectional streaming data directed from said mobile device via a bidirectional link set up between said mobile device and said target device, said bidirectional link having a first data streaming direction from said mobile device to said target device and a second data streaming direction from said target device to said mobile device, wherein the availability is determined based, at least partly, on media type requirements of said compatible equipment, and media type of said communication data, the method further comprising streaming data in both of said first direction and said second direction transforming media into a form that accords with said determined media type requirements, wherein a plurality of types correspond to said media type requirements, and further comprising a user interface for allowing a user to select one of said media type requirements for transforming at said media transformer and making multiple copies of a single incoming data stream, thereby to redirect said single incoming data stream to a plurality of locations, at least some of said multiple copies being redirected via said media transformer. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. Apparatus for rerouting communication data, comprising:
mobile electronic equipment comprising; an announcer device associated with said first electronic equipment, and configured for indicating to surrounding equipment that said associated first electronic equipment is available to receive rerouting, thereby to enable receipt of rerouted data from said surrounding equipment; a scout device associated with said first electronic equipment, configured for scanning surroundings of said associated first electronic equipment to identify and determine availability of compatible equipment in the vicinity, thereby to reroute data from said mobile equipment to a selected one of said surrounding equipment, wherein said rerouting comprises setting up a bidirectional communication link between said selected one of surrounding equipment and said mobile electronic equipment, said bidirectional link having a first data streaming direction from said mobile equipment to said selected one of said surrounding equipment and a second data streaming direction from said selected one of said surrounding equipment to said mobile equipment, said bidirectional link capable of carrying a datastream in said first direction and in said second direction, and wherein said scout device is operable to determine media type requirements of said compatible equipment; a media transformer, associated with said scout device, for transforming media into a form that accords with said determined media type requirements; and a media cloner, associated with said media transformer, for making multiple copies of a single incoming data stream, thereby to enable said apparatus to redirect a single incoming communication, to a plurality of locations, at least some of said multiple copies being redirected via said media transformer.
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