Patent ID: 7302465

Claim:
A multimedia distribution kiosk comprising: a first communication interface configured to receive, from a remote wireless user, a multimedia request at a first speed; a second communication interface configured to communicate with a multimedia content server at a second speed that is faster than the first speed; a presence detection module configured to determine whether the remote wireless user is a subscriber or a non-subscriber; a usage statistics module configured to store usage statistics for both subscribers and non-subscribers; a cache memory; and a processor coupled to the first and second communication interfaces, the presence detection module, the usage statistics module, and the cache memory and configured to detect the presence of the wireless user, to classify the remote wireless user as a subscriber or a non-subscriber, to receive an indication of the multimedia request from the first communication interface, the processor being configured such that if the multimedia request is a request to download multimedia content, then the processor will communicate information relating to the indicator of the multimedia request to the multimedia content server through the second communication interface in response to receiving the request, obtain the requested multimedia content through the second communication interface, store the requested multimedia content in the cache memory, provide the requested multimedia content to the wireless user as desired, the processor further configured such that if the multimedia request is a request to upload multimedia content, then the processor will receive a multimedia upload information from the wireless user through the first communication interface, connect to a multimedia content receiver, and transfer the multimedia upload information to the multimedia content receiver through the second communication interface.