Patent ID: 8572271
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting a plurality of devices; receiving a selection of a source device from the plurality of detected devices; receiving a selection of a destination device from the plurality of detected devices; receiving multimedia content in a first format from a first application of the source device over a first wireless communication channel established using one or more wireless modems; determining a plurality of formats supported by a second application of the destination device; determining resource data indicating a status of resources within a control unit, wherein the control unit is part of a device that is a different device than the source device or the destination device, wherein the resources comprise at least one of a power resource, a memory resource, or a storage resource of the control unit; selecting a second format from the plurality of formats based on the determined resource data; configuring a multimedia bridge between the first format and the second format; and transforming, with the configured multimedia bridge, the multimedia content from the first format to the second format concurrent to receiving a portion of the multimedia content; establishing, with the one or more wireless modems, a second wireless communication channel to communicate with the second application; determining channel data, wherein the channel data defines a set of characteristics associated with one or more of the first and second wireless communication channels; configuring the one or more wireless modems based on the channel data; and forwarding, with the configured one or more wireless modems, the received multimedia content to the second application.