Multimedia service mirroring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10104423-B2
Application number	US-201514975180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2015
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

Systems and methods here may be used to communicate wirelessly with a wireless user device, communicate with a media service provider by a network, communicate with a media equipment player, receive from the wireless user device, a request to access a media service by the media service provider, access media available by the media service provider and communicate the availability of the media to the wireless user device, and mirror playing of the media from the media service provider by the media equipment player.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A network system comprising:
a network device including a processor in communication with a memory and data storage, an access point (AP) subsystem and a low energy communication subsystem, the network device configured to,
associate with an application running on a wireless user device;
authenticate the wireless user device to a hotel network;
assign a virtual area network (VLAN) to the wireless user device and resources;

communicate the availability of the resources in the VLAN to the wireless user device,
wherein the available resources includes local media equipment;
communicate with multiple third party media service providers;
automatically present the multiple third party media service providers as options to the wireless user device;
receive, from the application running on the wireless user device, a selection of one of the multiple third party media service provider options;
receive, from the application running on the wireless user device, a login credential correlating to the selected third party media service provider;
access the selected third party media service provider, by the network, using the received login credential;
receive indications of available media from the selected third party media service provider;
communicate the availability of the media from the selected third party media service provider to the application running on the wireless user device
receive, from the wireless user device, a request to access a selection of available media; and
cause play of the selected media from the third party media service provider using the received login credential, on the local media equipment.

2. The network system of claim 1 , further comprising,
at least one of, a multi-port Ethernet connection and HDMI connection for communicating with the media equipment player.

3. The network system of claim 1 wherein the network device is further configured to,
isolate services available to the wireless user device based on network authentication credentials of the wireless user device.

4. The network system of claim 1 wherein the AP subsystem is at least one of a WiFi AP subsystem and an LTE AP subsystem.

5. The network system of claim 1 wherein the media equipment player is a television; and
wherein the network system is further configured to allow access to the playing media on the television by tuning to a channel on the television.

6. The network system of claim 1 wherein the low energy subsystem is a Bluetooth Low Energy subsystem.

7. The network system of claim 1 wherein the network system is configured to utilize an assigned private network for the wireless user device by the AP subsystem.

8. The network system of claim 2 wherein the communication is through the connection for at least one of,
the media service provider by the network; and
the media equipment player.

9. The network system of claim 1 wherein the network device is also in communication with a central network controller for controlling network access by the AP.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions thereon for a method of mirroring media services, the method comprising:
by a network device,
providing access to a hotel network to a wireless user device by an AP subsystem;
assigning a virtual area network (VLAN) to the wireless user device and resources;
communicating the availability of the resources in the VLAN to the wireless user device,
wherein the available resources includes local media equipment;

communicating with an application running on the wireless user device by a low energy subsystem;
automatically presenting the multiple third party media service providers as options to the wireless user device;
receiving from the application running on the wireless user device a request to access one of the third party media service provider from the presented third party multiple service providers;
receiving, from an application running on the wireless user device, a login credential correlating to the selected third party media service provider;
accessing the selected third party media service provider, by the network, using the received login credential;
receiving indications of available selected third party media service provider media from the selected third party media service provider;
receiving media from the media service provider by the network, based on the credential; and
mirroring play of media from the media service provider on the local media equipment player.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the providing network access to a wireless user device by the AP is by communication with a central network controller.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the mirroring playing of media from the media service provider by the network device is by at least one of a multi-port Ethernet connection and HDMI connection.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the providing network access to the wireless user device by the AP is by an assigned virtual local area network for the wireless user device.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 wherein the mirroring play of media from the media service provider by the network device on the media equipment player is by a television and the mirroring is by a channel on the television.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the AP subsystem is a WiFi AP subsystem.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the AP subsystem is an LTE AP subsystem.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 wherein the low energy subsystem is a Bluetooth Low Energy subsystem.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the WiFi AP subsystem is configured to be centrally managed.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions thereon for a method of mirroring media services, the method comprising:
by a networking device with a wireless access point (AP) subsystem, wireless low energy subsystem, and network interface,
associating a wireless user device to the AP subsystem;
providing hotel network access to the wireless user device;
sending an authentication request to a central server for the wireless user device;
assigning a virtual area network (VLAN) to the wireless user device and resources;
communicating the availability of the resources in the VLAN to the wireless user device,
wherein the available resources includes local media equipment;

communicating with an application running on the wireless user device by the low energy subsystem;
automatically presenting the multiple third party media service providers as options to the wireless user device;
receiving from the application running on the wireless user device a request to access a media service provider from a selection of multiple media service providers;
receiving, from the application running on the wireless user device, a login credential correlating to the selected third party media service provider;
accessing the selected third party media service provider, by the network, using the received login credential;
receiving indications of available media from the selected third party media service provider;
receiving media from the media service provider by the network; and
mirroring media play from the media service provider on the local media equipment player.

Assignees

• Ruckus Wireless Inc

Inventors

• WATSON Ted Andrew
• Fitzgerald Matthew
• Ranade Yogesh

Classifications

• H04L67/1095

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• H04N21/4126

  The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones · CPC title

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/25816

  involving client authentication (restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06) · CPC title

• H04N21/43635

  HDMI · CPC title