Location-based remote media access via mobile device

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
• receive one or more requests from a user mobile device to access a user-owned content source in a user device that is located in personal premises and connected to a data network, wherein the user mobile device is being connected to a remote network, and the user-owned content source is registered with the apparatus for a content access service;
• authenticate the one or more requests based on the registration of the user-owned content source;
• cause, at least in part, delivery of user-owned content from the user-owned content source to at least one playback device via the data network, a gateway coupled between the data network and the remote network, based on the authentication of the one or more requests, wherein the at least one playback device is identified in the one or more requests, and the delivery of user-owned content bypasses the apparatus, wherein a key approach is used to enable the delivery of the user-owned content with a predetermined lifetime, the predetermined lifetime having a first lifetime and a second lifetime that is shorter that the first lifetime, and
• cause, at least in part, configuration of the user-owned content based on one or more capabilities of the media playback device, prior to the delivery.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

• receiving one or more requests from a user mobile device to access a user-owned content source in a user device that is located in personal premises and connected to a data network, wherein the user mobile device is being connected to a remote network, and the user-owned content source is registered with the apparatus for a content access service;
• authenticating the one or more requests based on the registration of the user-owned content source;
• causing, at least in part, delivery of user-owned content from the user-owned content source to at least one playback device via the data network, a gateway coupled between the data network and the remote network, based on the authentication of the one or more requests, wherein the at least one playback device is identified in the one or more requests, and the delivery of user-owned content bypasses the apparatus, and wherein a key approach is used to enable the delivery of the user-owned content with a predetermined lifetime, the predetermined lifetime having a first lifetime and a second lifetime that is shorter that the first lifetime;
• and
• causing, at least in part by the apparatus, configuration of the user-owned content based on one or more capabilities of the media playback device, prior to the delivery.