Patent ID: 8923749

Claim:
A method of registering devices with a wireless home entertainment hub, wherein the devices are previously unregistered with the wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising: broadcasting by the wireless home entertainment hub a request for a reply from the devices; receiving by the wireless home entertainment hub the replies from the devices, wherein each of the replies include capabilities and a unique device identifier of a respective device, wherein the unique device identifier includes a device manufacturer and a model number; presenting by the wireless home entertainment hub a list of the devices; receiving by the wireless home entertainment hub a selection of one of the devices included on the list of devices; and upon determining a match between the capabilities of the selected one of the device and a list of expected capabilities stored in the wireless home entertainment hub, storing by the wireless home entertainment hub an indication of a registration with the selected one of the devices, wherein the selected one of the devices is removed from the list of the devices in response to the indication of the registration being stored; transmitting by the wireless home entertainment hub to the selected one of the devices an instruction to store the indication of the registration, wherein the registration establishes wireless communication between the selected one of the, devices and the wireless home entertainment hub, and allows direct wireless transfer of data between the selected one of the devices and other devices registered with the wireless home entertainment hub, in response to the respective devices receiving instructions from the wireless home entertainment hub, and without the data being received by and retransmitted from the wireless home entertainment hub; receiving by the wireless home entertainment hub from the selected one of the devices an indication of at least one sink device required for presentation of a type of content, wherein the selected one of the devices comprises an active source device; and transmitting from the wireless home entertainment hub an instruction to at least one sink device not indicated as required for presentation of the type of content to enter into a low power mode.