Patent ID: 8902868
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A server for wirelessly distributing multimedia data to a plurality of registered devices on a local area network, comprising: a modem configured to receive multimedia data from each of the plurality of registered devices on the local area network, wherein the multimedia data comprises at least one of audio data, video data, and graphics data; a multiplexer for creating a multiplex signal that includes at least a portion of the received multimedia data from each of the plurality of registered devices; and a compiler for compiling index information from each of the plurality of registered devices, wherein the server transmits the multiplex signal to each of the plurality of registered devices located on the local area network using a multiplex channel comprising a plurality of logical channels, wherein each of the logical channels represents the multimedia data received from a different one of the plurality of registered devices on the local area network, wherein the multiplex channel includes a logical channel for each of the plurality of registered devices and an independent logical channel that contains the compiled index information that identifies the multimedia data contained in each logical channel of the multiplex signal.