Patent ID: 8724639

Claim:
A method for an integrated smart hub for multicasting a plurality of functions comprising: receiving from an at least one user a desired content request from a wireless remote command control and command signal through an interface module; routing the request command signal to an Internet Protocol gateway router; routing the request command signal to a Set Top Box by the Internet Protocol gateway router; configuring the integrated smart hub with Long Term Evolution LTE GMS-G4 to the interface module and middleware in the Set Top Box specifically for the multicasting of each of the plurality of functions including: Quadruple Play (4-Play) which comprises: media including video and audio data processing, telephony and wireless services; text-messaging from the remote command control; interacting with a laptop or a personal computer applications from a television monitor; making conference call from the television monitor; managing phone call from Time Division Multiplexing TDM phone, VoIP phone, the laptop or the personal computer; making phone call from the laptop or the personal computer or the television monitor; managing a plurality of windows for multi-activities on a display including the laptop or the personal computer or the television monitor; and processing the desired content request by the Set Top Box equipped with the embedded middleware for executing the plurality of functions for the at least one user.