Patent ID: 8146132
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G10H,H04L,H04N,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of registering a device with a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising: broadcasting by a wireless home entertainment hub a request for a reply from a set of one or more coordinated devices produced by a manufacturer and forming a coordinated home entertainment system; receiving the reply from each of the one or more coordinated devices, the reply including a coordinated identifier indicating that each of the one or more coordinated devices belong to the coordinated home entertainment system, the coordinated identifier being unique for each device of the one or more coordinated devices and set by the manufacturer; registering each of the one or more coordinated devices with the wireless home entertainment hub based on each coordinated identifier associated with each of the respective one or more coordinated devices; storing an indication of each of the registrations of the one or more coordinated devices; and facilitating the presentation of program content by the one or more coordinated devices to a user of the home entertainment system.