Wireless media server with media and media-access application delivery

A portable wireless media server device, comprising:

• a portable device housing;
• a wireless network radio within the housing supporting Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections;
• a processor circuit within the housing and coupled to the wireless network radio;
• a micro-SD card connector within the housing and coupled to the processor circuit;
• a battery within the housing for providing operating current to the wireless network radio and the processor circuit;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor circuit for storing program instructions for operating the portable wireless media server device, providing private non-Internet Wi-Fi connections and Bluetooth connections to other wireless devices, and automatically, in response to acceptance of the private non-Internet Wi-Fi connection by a first one of the other wireless devices, pushing a page offering a selection of media or an application image in response to any browser DNS request from the connected Wi-Fi-enabled device so that the browser of the connected Wi-Fi-enabled device executes the page offering selection of the media or the application image, in response to receiving an indication of selection of the application image, delivering an application package to the connected Wi-Fi-enabled device for installation on the connected Wi-Fi-enabled device, in response to receiving an indication of selection of the media, delivering the media to the connected Wi-Fi-enabled device, and automatically, in response to causing the wireless network radio to offer pairing to a Bluetooth device, and responsive to acceptance of a pairing of another Bluetooth device with the portable wireless media server device, delivering preselected media to the Bluetooth device and automatically, responsive to detection of insertion of an SD card into the SD card connector, automatically copying the pre-selected media to the SD card and then executing a hardware lock signaling sequence over the SD card connector so that the SD card is rendered read-only and cannot be subsequently erased.

A method of providing media to persons having wireless mobile telephones, the method comprising:

• providing a non-Internet Wi-Fi connection from a portable wireless media server device to at least one of the wireless mobile telephones;
• operating the portable wireless media server device with an internal battery;
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• responsive to accepting a connection from the at least one of the wireless mobile telephones, pushing a page offering a selection of media or an application image for delivery to the at least one of the wireless mobile telephones;
• receiving a user input at a browser of the at least one of the wireless mobile telephones indicating selection of the media or the application image for delivery;
• in response to receiving the user input, delivering the media or the application image to the at least one of the wireless mobile telephones;
• wherein the pushing the page offering selection of the media or the application image for delivery to the at least one of the wireless mobile telephones comprises:
• detecting connection of a connected Wi-Fi-enabled device;
• and pushing the page in response to any browser DNS request from the connected Wi-Fi-enabled device, whereby the portable wireless media server device delivers the media directly to Bluetooth-paired devices as a file and delivers media to the connected Wi-Fi-enabled device only in response to receiving an indication of a user input at the connected Wi-H enabled device selecting the media or the application image;
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• offering pairing to a Bluetooth device;
• accepting a Bluetooth connection from the Bluetooth device;
• and automatically, in response to completing pairing with the Bluetooth device, transferring pre-selected media to the Bluetooth device.