Patent ID: 8667162

Claim:
A mobile streaming adaptor comprising: a processor embedded in the mobile streaming adaptor, the processor configured to: receive media content from a remote camera; capture, encode and encapsulate the received media content at the mobile streaming adaptor; generate a service available announcement for transmission to a mobile networked device, the service available announcement indicative of an availability of the mobile streaming adaptor to communicate with the mobile networked device; receive from the mobile networked device an indication of selection of the mobile streaming adaptor in response to the service available announcement; provide a service occupied announcement to indicate that the mobile streaming adaptor is no longer available to communicate with another mobile networked device and to prevent the mobile streaming adaptor from receiving a linking request from another mobile networked device; connect the mobile streaming adaptor to a remote streaming server in response to a valid authentication performed by the mobile networked device; and stream the encapsulated media content to the mobile networked device for communication of the encapsulated media content to the remote streaming server through a network for real-time distribution to a communication device, wherein both the service available announcement and the service occupied announcement are provided by the mobile streaming adaptor.