Patent ID: 9210577
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing multimedia content, the method comprising: receiving, via a processor of an application server deployed in a service provider network, a request from a customer wirelessly via a data enabled cellular phone for accessing the 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; performing, by the processor, an authentication for obtaining the multimedia content from the multimedia content server; obtaining, by the processor, the multimedia content from the multimedia content server; and transmitting, by the processor, the multimedia content to 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.