Wireless distribution of multimedia content
OwnerRonald J. Kerninventor
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Abstract
A method for distributing multimedia content provides a wireless controller communicatively coupled to each of a multimedia source and a destination. The wireless controller is adapted to perform the steps of communicating with the multimedia source to generate a first display of a plurality of multimedia works available from the multimedia source, facilitating a selection of at least one multimedia work from the first display of the plurality of multimedia works, and upon the selection being made by a user, commanding the multimedia source to send the at least one multimedia work as the streaming multimedia data to the destination.
Claims45
A method for distributing multimedia content, comprising the steps of:
- defining a multimedia source for supplying streaming multimedia data;
- defining a destination for receiving said streaming multimedia data;
- providing a wireless controller communicatively coupled to each of said multimedia source and said destination, said wireless controller being adapted to perform the steps of:
- communicating with said multimedia source to generate a first display of a plurality of multimedia works available from said multimedia source;
- facilitating a selection of at least one multimedia work from said first display of said plurality of multimedia works;
- and
- upon said selection being made by a user, commanding said multimedia source to send said at least one multimedia work as said streaming multimedia data to said destination.
A system for distributing multimedia content, comprising:
- a first wireless interface adapted to be communicatively coupled to a server device, said server providing access to streaming multimedia data;
- a second wireless interface adapted to be communicatively coupled to a multimedia playback unit;
- a wireless controller for controlling a communication between said first wireless interface, said second wireless interface and said wireless controller, wherein said first wireless interface, said second wireless interface and said wireless controller communicate via a wireless communication standard;
- said wireless controller being configured to instruct said server to transmit said streaming multimedia data via said first wireless interface;
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- said wireless controller being configured to instruct said second wireless interface to process said streaming multimedia data for playback by said multimedia playback unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.