Patent ID: 8549564
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless access system to provide a wireless video service, the method comprising: in a base station, wirelessly broadcasting a pilot signal including a base station identifier and a network access provider identifier that identifies the wireless video service and, in response to the pilot signal, wirelessly receiving a wireless video uplink request for upload of at least displayable video data from a wireless video device; in a control system, processing reservation data for the base station to determine if the base station has excess capacity and if the wireless video device has a current wireless video uplink reservation, directing the base station to provide a wireless video uplink to the wireless video device for upload of at least the displayable video data into a video data server system if the wireless video device has the current wireless video uplink reservation, and indicating to add the base station identifier and the network access provider identifier to preferred roaming lists in other wireless devices; and in the base station, wirelessly receiving at least the displayable video data from the wireless video device over the wireless video uplink as directed by the control system.