Patent ID: 9538138
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for providing access to shared multimedia content within a defined room environment comprising: a hub configured to provide a wireless network having a frequency of 60 GHz and compatible with the IEEE 802.11ad protocol, the hub delivering the wireless network via a plurality of radio transceivers, and having at least one local device connection, wherein the at least one local device connection includes an interface to an associated wide area network, the hub having a controller which contains a switching logic processor; a plurality of remote connection devices each having at least one radio transceiver, configured to connect to one of the radio transceivers of the hub via a wireless link, each of the remote connection devices configured to be connected with at least one of a user device brought into the room environment or a multimedia device located within the room environment, each of the plurality of remote connection devices capable of being associated with a user device or a multimedia device and one or more protocols that a connected a user device or a multimedia device is capable of receiving or transmitting; wherein, when the hub is connected to a plurality of remote connection devices by a wireless link, a connected a user device or a multimedia device can act as a source for transmission of multimedia content to the hub, wherein the hub rebroadcasts the multimedia content from the source to at least some of the other connected remote connection devices which can receive all or a part of the broadcasted multimedia content, and wherein when another of the connected remote connection devices issues a control request signal to the hub, the hub then designates the another of the connected remote connection devices as the source and broadcasts multimedia content from the newly-indicated source.