US 7,420,956 B2Granted

Distributed storage and aggregation of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway

AssigneeBroadcom Corporation

InventorsJeyhan Karaoguz, Marc Abrams, Nambirajan Seshadri

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Abstract

A system and method for the aggregation of multimedia information storage via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. Information about storage resources accessible to a broadband access gateway may be collected and used in selecting storage capacity used for storing multimedia information such as, for example, streaming video, broadcast video, digitized video, digitized audio, text, and digitized images. The gateway may manage storage and retrieval of the multimedia information based upon user defined criteria and characteristics of the available storage resources. Multimedia information may be parsed for storage across multiple storage resources, and the location and nature of the storage resources used for storage of multimedia information items may be unknown to the user. Storage services accessible via a broadband connection may also be used as storage resources.

Claims53

Dependent claims

A system supporting distribution and aggregation of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway, the system comprising:

a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, wherein the broadband network comprises one or more of a digital subscriber line (DSL) network, a cable network, a satellite network, the Internet and/or a cellular network comprising one or more of a global system for mobile communications (GSM) network, a time division multiple access (TDMA) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and/or a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network, wherein the at least one wireless interface is compliant with one or more of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and/or 802.11n standards, and/or the Bluetooth V1.2 or compatible personal area network (PAN) specification, the gateway capable of selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with a plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface;
the gateway capable of collecting, from at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, information identifying at least one storage resource available for the storage of multimedia information;
the gateway capable of receiving, from one of the plurality of access devices, a user request for storage of multimedia information;
the gateway capable of selecting from the at least one storage resource, aggregate storage capacity for storing the multimedia information using the collected information;
the gateway capable of causing storage of the multimedia information using the selected aggregate storage capacity;
the gateway capable of receiving one or both of information identifying an access device and/or information identifying a user;
and
the gateway capable of authenticating the user request based upon the received identifying information.

5 more elements

A method for supporting distribution and aggregation of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway, the method comprising:

collecting, from at least a portion of a plurality of access devices, information identifying at least one storage resource available for the storage of multimedia information;
receiving, from one of the plurality of access devices, a user request for storage of multimedia information;
selecting from the at least one storage resource, aggregate storage capacity for storing the multimedia information using the collected information;
causing storage of the multimedia information using the selected aggregate storage capacity;
exchanging multimedia information among at least one wireless interface and a broadband network, wherein the at least one wireless interface is compliant with one or more of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g. and/or 802.11n standards and/or the Bluetooth V1.2 or compatible personal area network (PAN) specification, wherein the broadband network comprises one or more of a digital subscriber line (DSL) network, a cable network, a satellite network, the Internet and/or a cellular network comprising one or more of a global system for mobile communications (GSM) network, a time division multiple access (TDMA) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and/or a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network;
and
receiving one or both of information identifying an access device and/or information identifying a user;
and
authenticating the user request based upon the received identifying information.

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A machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a gateway supporting distribution and aggregation of multimedia information, the code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the operations comprising:

collecting, from at least a portion of a plurality of access devices, information identifying at least one storage resource available for the storage of multimedia information;
receiving, from one of the plurality of access devices, a user request for storage of multimedia information;
selecting from the at least one storage resource, aggregate storage capacity for storing the multimedia information using the collected information;
and
causing storage of the multimedia information using the selected aggregate storage capacity;
exchanging multimedia information among at least one wireless interface and a broadband network, wherein the at least one wireless interface is compliant with one or more of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11 g. and/or 802.11n standards and/or the Bluetooth V1.2 or compatible personal area network (PAN) specification, wherein the broadband network comprises one or more of a digital subscriber line (DSL) network, a cable network, a satellite network, the Internet and/or a cellular network comprising one or more of a global system for mobile communications (GSM) network, a time division multiple access (TDMA) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and/or a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network;
and
receiving one or both of information identifying an access device and/or information identifying a user;
and
authenticating the user request based upon the received identifying information.

7 more elements

A system supporting distribution and aggregation of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway, the system comprising:

a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, wherein the broadband network comprises one or more of a digital subscriber line (DSL) network, a cable network, a satellite network, the Internet and/or a cellular network comprising one or more of a global system for mobile communications (GSM) network, a time division multiple access (TDMA) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and/or a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network, wherein the at least one wireless interface communicates using an unlicensed frequency band and/or at a frequency of approximately 2.4 gigahertz, the gateway capable of selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with a plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface;
the gateway capable of collecting, from at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, information identifying at least one storage resource available for the storage of multimedia information;
the gateway capable of receiving, from one of the plurality of access devices, a user request for storage of multimedia information;
the gateway capable of selecting from the at least one storage resource, aggregate storage capacity for storing the multimedia information using the collected information;
the gateway capable of causing storage of the multimedia information using the selected aggregate storage capacity;
the gateway capable of receiving one or both of information identifying an access device and/or information identifying a user;
and
the gateway capable of authenticating the user request based upon the received identifying information.

5 more elements

A method for supporting distribution and aggregation of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway, the method comprising:

collecting, from at least a portion of a plurality of access devices, information identifying at least one storage resource available for the storage of multimedia information;
receiving, from one of the plurality of access devices, a user request for storage of multimedia information;
selecting from the at least one storage resource, aggregate storage capacity for storing the multimedia information using the collected information;
causing storage of the multimedia information using the selected aggregate storage capacity;
exchanging multimedia information among at least one wireless interface and a broadband network, wherein the at least one wireless interface communicates using an unlicensed frequency band and/or at a frequency of approximately 2.4 gigahertz, wherein the broadband network comprises one or more of a digital subscriber line (DSL) network, a cable network, a satellite network, the Internet and/or a cellular network comprising one or more of a global system for mobile communications (GSM) network, a time division multiple access (TDMA) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and/or a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network;
and
receiving one or both of information identifying an access device and/or information identifying a user;
and
authenticating the user request based upon the received identifying information.

6 more elements

collecting, from at least a portion of a plurality of access devices, information identifying at least one storage resource available for the storage of multimedia information;
receiving, from one of the plurality of access devices, a user request for storage of multimedia information;
selecting from the at least one storage resource, aggregate storage capacity for storing the multimedia information using the collected information;
and
causing storage of the multimedia information using the selected aggregate storage capacity;
exchanging multimedia information among at least one wireless interface and a broadband network, wherein the at least one wireless interface communicates using an unlicensed frequency band and/or at a frequency of approximately 2.4 gigahertz, wherein the broadband network comprises one or more of a digital subscriber line (DSL) network, a cable network, a satellite network, the Internet and/or a cellular network comprising one or more of a global system for mobile communications (GSM) network, a time division multiple access (TDMA) network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) network, and/or a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network;
and
receiving one or both of information identifying an access device and/or information identifying a user;
and
authenticating the user request based upon the received identifying information.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/095,638Filed 30 Mar 2005 · us provisional application
Priority: 16 Apr 2004
Published: US 2005/0232210 A120 Oct 2005
Granted: 2 Sep 2008
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G06F 16/48
Of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not…
H04L 65/103
Media gateways: in the network
H04L 65/104
Signalling gateways: in the network
H04N 7/17318
Transmission or handling of upstream communications: direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

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Application60/563,894Us provisional application · filed 16 Apr 2004
US 2005/0232210 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Oct 2005
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