Patent ID: 9148280
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G02B,G06F,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a docking station that is registered with an authentication platform of a service provider network allowing the docking station to connect to services of the service provider network, a control signal from a media headset in response to a voice input, a biometric input, a gesture input, or a combination thereof; determining in response to the control signal at the docking station, to establish a communication link; selecting, by the docking station, one of a plurality of communication options corresponding to different networks based on the type of the communication link; initiating, by the docking station, an authentication procedure for the communication link according to the selected communication option; accessing a session controller on a service provider side of the service provider network that is in communication with the docking station, to perform a plurality of services including media treatment, security, network peering, or a combination thereof; receiving a media signal over the authenticated communication link; determining based on received location information from an environment sensor or a mobile device by the docking station, a particular multimedia component of a plurality of multimedia components to engage to perform a particular task associated with the media signal; determining to transmit the received media signal to the particular multimedia component; and transmitting the media signal to the media headset for presentation on a display of the media headset in response to the determination that the particular multimedia component is the media headset and the particular task is displaying, wherein the docking station includes an electrical connector adapted to connect to the mobile device, one or more wireline modems, a wireless modem, an environment transceiver adapted to connect to environment sensors or appliances, and a transceiver adapted to connect to one or more of the plurality of multimedia components.