Streaming Content in Guest Mode
AssigneeInFocus Corporation
InventorsKevin Thompson, Rob F. Hoeye
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Abstract
The present application relates to systems, apparatus and methods for transmitting image data from a content source to an image display in a dual mode system which includes a guest mode and an authorized user mode. One example embodiment comprises establishing a secure connection to a network requiring access credentials, detecting a content source, establishing a non-secure connection to receive image data from the content source, receiving the image data from the content source, and providing the image data to a display, wherein the content source is not provided access over the secure connection.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- establishing a secure connection to a network requiring access credentials;
- establishing a non-secure connection to a content source;
- detecting image data to be received from the content source;
- receiving the image data from the content source over the non-secure connection;
- and
- providing the image data to a display, wherein the content source is not provided access to the network over the secure connection.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a computing device, the instructions being executable to perform a method comprising:
- establishing a secure connection to a network requiring access credentials;
- establishing a non-secure connection to a content source;
- detecting image data to be received from the content source;
- receiving the image data from the content source over the non-secure connection;
- and
- providing the image data to a display, wherein the content source is not provided access to the network over the secure connection.
An apparatus to receive image data from a content source over a non-secure link, the apparatus comprising:
- a first port, wherein the apparatus is configured to establish a secure connection over the first port to at least one device on a network requiring access credentials;
- a second port, wherein the apparatus is configured to establish a non-secure connection to a content source over the second port, the non-secure connection to receive image data from the content source;
- and
- circuitry coupled to the first port, the second port, and a third port, wherein the circuitry is configured to:
- provide the image data to a display over the third port;
- and
- restrict the content source from access to the network through the secure connection if the content source does not provide the required access credentials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.