Apparatus and method for managing mobile device servers

A device, comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• providing access to a media resource center comprising a plurality of media resources, according to a first pairing key and a second pairing key;
• identifying a first service grade of a subscriber according to the first pairing key and identifying a second service grade of the subscriber according to the second pairing key;
• receiving a first request from a first mobile device associated with the subscriber for a first media service, wherein the first request is associated with an application running on the first mobile device, wherein the first media service is from the media resource center, wherein the first media service comprises first media content and second media content;
• determining that the first media service is available to the subscriber based on at least one of the first service grade and second grade;
• and
• enabling a media resource of the plurality of media resources for providing the first media content to the first mobile device over a communication network, use of the media resource of the plurality of media resources by the application is controlled according to the first pairing key, wherein the second media content is provided to the first mobile device by a second mobile device over the communication network, wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device coordinate prior to the providing the first media content and the second media content to enable providing of the second media content to the first mobile device by the second mobile device over the communication network, wherein the first media content and the second media content are presented on the first mobile device simultaneously.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• providing access to a media resource center comprising a plurality of media resources, according to a first pairing key and a second pairing key;
• identifying a first service grade of a subscriber according to the first pairing key and identifying, by the processing system, a second service grade of the subscriber according to the second pairing key;
• receiving a first request from a first mobile device according to the first pairing key and the first service grade associated with the subscriber for a first media service from the media resource center, wherein the first request is associated with an application running on the first mobile device, wherein the first media service comprises first media content and second media content;
• determining that the first media content and the second media content is not available to the subscriber based on the first service grade;
• receiving a second request from the first mobile device according to the second pairing key and the second service grade associated with the subscriber for a second media service, wherein the second media service is from the media resource center, wherein the second media service comprises third media content and fourth media content;
• determining that the third media content is available to the subscriber based on the second service grade;
• and
• associating a media resource of the plurality of media resources for providing the third media content to the first mobile device over a communication network, use of the media resource of the plurality of media resources by the application is controlled according to the first pairing key, wherein the fourth media content is provided to the first mobile device by a second mobile device over the communication network, wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device coordinate prior to the providing the third media content and the fourth media content to enable providing of the fourth media content to the first mobile device by the second mobile device over the communication network, wherein the third media content and the fourth media content are presented on the first mobile device simultaneously.