Patent ID: 8478324

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting, by a docking station, a connection of a wireless mobile device to the docking station, the docking station being in communications with: a set-top box that receives first content via a network and provides the first content for presentation via at least one output device that is not included in the wireless mobile device, the at least one output device including a display, and a computing device that receives second content via the network and that includes at least one input device; forwarding, by the docking station and based on detecting the connection, first signals between the wireless mobile device and the set-top box, the first signals including: third content, from the wireless mobile device, for presentation via the display, control data, from the wireless mobile device, for specifying multimedia content, from a plurality of multimedia content included in the first content, for presentation via the display, data associated with a first request, by the wireless mobile device, for a portion of the first content, and data forwarding, based on the first request, the portion of the first content from the set-top box to the wireless mobile device; and forwarding, by the docking station and based on detecting the connection, second signals between the wireless mobile device and the computing device, the second signals including: fourth content, from the wireless mobile device, for storage by the computing device, data associated with a second request, by the wireless mobile device, for a portion of the second content, data forwarding, based on the second request, the portion of the second content from the computing device to the wireless mobile device, and information associated with a user input received via the at least one input device, the docking station providing an interface for transferring data between the set-top box, the computing device, and the wireless mobile device.