Patent ID: 8180906

Claim:
A method comprising: connecting, a communications device_to an Internet Multimedia Subsystem network; transmitting presence information indicating multimedia capabilities of the communications device, wherein the multimedia capabilities comprises supported audio and video codec, supported image formats, supported document file types, maximum screen resolution, screen aspect ratio, and number of audio channels; requesting multimedia content from a multimedia server to cause the multimedia server to transmit multimedia content to the communications device according to the multimedia capabilities indicated in the presence information; detecting connection of a peripheral device to the communications device; determining that the multimedia capabilities have increased due to the connection of the peripheral device; updating the presence information to indicate the increased multimedia capabilities; transmitting the updated presence information to cause the multimedia server to transmit the multimedia content adjusted for the increased multimedia capabilities indicated in the updated presence information; receiving the multimedia content adjusted for the increased multimedia capabilities; and presenting, at least some of the adjusted_multimedia content on the peripheral device.