Patent ID: 7739712
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for forwarding audio/video data content to a remote wireless device, comprising: a content server device configured for receiving data content from an external source of audio data content, video data content or both audio and video data content; wherein said content server device is configured for transmitting said data content, as one or more data streams, over a physical power line communications (PLC) network; wherein said content server device is configured for operating on a PLC network which can be bounded by a distribution transformer upon which multiple servers of multiple users are operating in different virtual networks; wherein said content server device, and other servers on the same PLC network but within different virtual networks, are configured to determine which server is to be bus master of the PLC network for controlling allocation of PLC bandwidth within each virtual network on the PLC network; and at least one PLC to wireless conversion module configured for receiving streaming data over the PLC network and outputting said data streams over a short-range wireless transmitter to at least one remote user device; wherein said content server is configured to encrypt and decrypt data being communicated over the respective virtual networks to each PLC to wireless conversion module, thereby preventing content from being accessed by other virtual networks connected within the same PLC network.