Patent ID: 7680947

Claim:
An apparatus for providing secure streaming multimedia data via a wireless network, from a first response unit to one or more remote playing devices in response to a trigger, the apparatus comprising: a multimedia component capture source located in the first response unit to acquire visual and audio scene information, wherein said first response unit has a local playing device for receiving and playing scene information irrespective of said trigger; an analog to digital converter coupled to said capture source, to convert the acquired scene information and provide one or more digital multimedia data items representative of the acquired scene information; first and second network interface switches adapted for selecting between two or more wireless network interface adapters, said first interface switch located in said first response unit and said second interface switch located in said remote playing device; an encoding and packetizing module that in response to said trigger provides the secure streaming of multimedia packets of said one or more multimedia data items to the wireless network; and a security module for receiving and validating security criteria provided at said first response unit to thereby enable the secure streaming of said multimedia packets to the wireless network; said one or more remote playing devices having access to the wireless network and an authentication module to enable security access to said secure multimedia packets to decode said secure multimedia packet and present the acquired visual and audio scene information on said one or more remote playing devices.