Patent ID: 8379594
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A device to play back multimedia content from one or more wireless communication systems according to a reception sensitivity, the device comprising: a communication unit comprising wireless sub-communication units, each wireless sub-communication unit receiving a corresponding one of a plurality of multimedia content from one of the one or more wireless communication systems selected on the basis of one or more selection instruction messages input by a user; a reception sensitivity check unit to check the reception sensitivity of signals corresponding to each of the received plurality of multimedia content received at the corresponding wireless sub-communication units; and an interface unit to output a selected one of the received plurality of multimedia content according to reception sensitivities and priorities corresponding to each of the plurality of multimedia content indicated in the one or more selection instruction messages, to output a notification message to the user when switching between wireless communication systems can be performed according to the reception sensitivities and the priorities corresponding to each of the plurality of multimedia content indicated in the one or more selection instruction messages, and to receive input from the user for the performing of the switching, wherein if a reception sensitivity of first multimedia content that is received from a first wireless sub-communication unit of the plurality of wireless sub-communication units is lower than a first threshold value set to correspond to the first wireless sub-communication unit, the interface unit outputs a second multimedia content that is received from a second wireless sub-communication unit of the plurality of wireless sub-communication units with a reception sensitivity higher than a second threshold value set to correspond to the second wireless sub-communication unit.