Registering access device multimedia content via a broadband access gateway

One or more circuits for use in a system that supports sharing of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services among a plurality of access devices, the one or more circuits comprising:

• at least one processor operably coupled to interface circuitry for communicating over a broadband network and to at least one wireless interface for communicating over a wireless network, to enable selective communication of multimedia information between and/or among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and wireless communication with the plurality of access devices using the at least one wireless interface, the at least one processor operable to, at least:
• receive identification information from each of the plurality of access devices;
• collect, from a first of the plurality of access devices, information descriptive of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services available on the first of the plurality of access devices;
• select at least a portion of the information descriptive of one or both of the multimedia information and the media-related services available on the first of the plurality of access devices and collected from the first of the plurality of access devices based upon the identification information received from a second of the plurality of access devices;
• and
• distribute to the second of the plurality of access devices the selected portion of the collected information.

One or more circuits for use in a gateway device that supports sharing of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services among a plurality of access devices, the one or more circuits comprising:

• at least one processor operably coupled to interface circuitry for communicating over a broadband network and to at least one wireless interface for communicating over a wireless network, to enable selective communication of multimedia information between and/or among the plurality of access devices, using the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, the at least one processor operable to, at least:
• receive identifying information from a first of the plurality of access devices;
• collect, from the first of the plurality of access devices, information descriptive of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services available on the first access device;
• select at least a portion of the collected information, based upon identification information received from a second of the plurality of access devices;
• and
• distribute to the second of the plurality of access devices the selected portion of the collected information, based upon the identification information received from the second access device.

One or more circuits for use in an access device that supports sharing of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services among a plurality of access devices, the one or more circuits comprising:

• at least one processor arranged to communicate with a gateway device using one or both of a broadband network and/or a wireless network, the at least one processor operable to, at least:
• transmit identification information for the access device to the gateway device, upon determining that communication with the gateway device is possible using at least one of the broadband network and the wireless network;
• selectively share information descriptive of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services available on the access device with the gateway device;
• and
• receive, from a database in the gateway device, information collected from one or more of the plurality of access devices that is descriptive of one or both of multimedia information and media-related services available for sharing by the one or more of the plurality of access devices and that identifies each corresponding sharing access device.