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US 8,621,098 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for providing media content using a mobile device
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsBrian Amento, Alicia Abella, Larry Stead
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing media content using a mobile device as a media server. For example, the method discovers at least one target mobile device, and determines whether the at least one target mobile device is capable of supporting wireless streaming media. The method streams the media content to the at least one target mobile device using the mobile device if the at least one target mobile device is determined to be capable of supporting wireless streaming media.
Claims9
A method for providing media content, comprising:
- discovering, by a mobile device comprising a processor, a target mobile device, wherein the discovering comprises authenticating of the target mobile device on a session by session basis such that the media content is only provided to the target mobile device having a permission to receive the media content;
- determining, by the mobile device, whether the target mobile device is capable of supporting wireless streaming media;
- identifying, by the mobile device, a common protocol supported by the mobile device and the target mobile device for the supporting the wireless streaming media, wherein the common protocol is identified by selecting a fastest communication protocol that is supported by both the mobile device and the target mobile device from among a plurality of protocols that is supported by both the mobile device and the target mobile device;
- streaming, by the mobile device, the media content to the target mobile device, directly without communicating over an access network, if the target mobile device is determined to be capable of supporting wireless streaming media, wherein the streaming enables a portion of the media content to be viewed on the target mobile device before the entire media content is delivered to the target mobile device;
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- locating, by the mobile device, an intermediary media server for the target mobile device, when the target mobile device is determined to be incapable of supporting wireless streaming media, wherein the streaming is provided to the intermediary media server for outputting the media content onto the target device in a delivery method that is supported by the target mobile device, wherein the intermediary media server and the target mobile device are connected via a wire based connection.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the processor to perform operations for providing media content, the operations comprising:
- discovering a target mobile device, wherein the discovering comprises authenticating of the target mobile device on a session by session basis such that the media content is only provided to the target mobile device having a permission to receive the media content;
- determining whether the target mobile device is capable of supporting wireless streaming media;
- identifying a common protocol supported by the mobile device and the target mobile device for the supporting the wireless streaming media, wherein the common protocol is identified by selecting a fastest communication protocol that is supported by both the mobile device and the target mobile device from among a plurality of protocols that is supported by both the mobile device and the target mobile device;
- streaming the media content to the target mobile device directly without communicating over an access network, if the target mobile device is determined to be capable of supporting wireless streaming media, wherein the streaming enables a portion of the media content to be viewed on the target mobile device before the entire media content is delivered to the target mobile device;
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- locating an intermediary media server for the target mobile device, when the target mobile device is determined to be incapable of supporting wireless streaming media, wherein the streaming is provided to the intermediary media server for outputting the media content onto the target device in a delivery method that is supported by the target mobile device, wherein the intermediary media server and the target mobile device are connected via a wire based connection.
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A mobile device for providing media content, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- discovering a target mobile device, wherein the discovering comprises authenticating of the target mobile device on a session by session basis such that the media content is only provided to the target mobile device having a permission to receive the media content;
- determining whether the target mobile device is capable of supporting wireless streaming media;
- identifying a common protocol supported by the mobile device and the target mobile device for the supporting the wireless streaming media, wherein the common protocol is identified by selecting a fastest communication protocol that is supported by both the mobile device and the target mobile device from among a plurality of protocols that is supported by both the mobile device and the target mobile device;
- streaming the media content to the target mobile device directly without communicating over an access network, if the target mobile device is determined to be capable of supporting wireless streaming media, wherein the media content that is streamed enables a portion of the media content to be viewed on the target mobile device before the entire media content is delivered to the target mobile device;
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- locating an intermediary media server for the target mobile device, when the target mobile device is determined to be incapable of supporting wireless streaming media, wherein the streaming is provided to the intermediary media server for outputting the media content onto the target device in a delivery method that is supported by the target mobile device, wherein the intermediary media server and the target mobile device are connected via a wire based connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.