Patent ID: 8249615
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of delivering media according to location from two or more media providers, comprising: storing location information on a memory for two terminal devices, a first terminal device and a second terminal device, wherein the terminal devices are used by a single user; setting media delivery parameters on the memory for the terminal devices according to the location information, wherein media delivery parameters are at least one of the frame rate, compression ratio, and frame size of media to deliver to the terminal devices; dynamically selecting on the memory a first media provider from the two or more media providers based upon bids provided by the two or more media providers, wherein the two or more media providers are capable of delivering a media according to the media delivery parameters, the media delivery parameters dynamically changing due to changing communication conditions between the terminal devices and a network delivering the media to the terminal devices, the bids are solicited from the two or more media providers based upon the dynamic capability of the two or more media providers to deliver the media according to the media delivery parameters; forming a service contract with the first media provider on the memory according to a bid of the media provider; dynamically updating readiness information on the memory, presence information, and terminal capabilities for the two terminal devices, the terminal capabilities identifying which of the terminal devices is currently in use; dynamically selecting a second media provider from the two or more media providers on the memory based upon bids provided by the two or more media providers upon a change in the terminal employed by the user; and applying the readiness information, presence information, and the terminal capabilities on the memory to determine if and how to deliver the media to the terminal device currently in use from the media provider.