Patent ID: 9571544
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: sending wirelessly, via a processor of a data enabled cellular phone, a request to an application server deployed in a service provider network, wherein the request is from a customer for accessing a multimedia content from a multimedia content server of the customer, where the multimedia content server is located in a customer home or a customer place of business; sending, by the processor, information for authenticating the customer for obtaining the multimedia content from the multimedia content server; and receiving, by the processor, the multimedia content at the data enabled cellular phone to be transmitted from the data enabled cellular phone to a mobile set-top box, wherein the mobile set-top box is deployed in a vehicle, wherein the mobile set-top box interacts with a display installed in the vehicle for displaying the multimedia content, wherein the data enabled cellular phone has a multimedia content previewing capability.