Patent ID: 8428089

Claim:
A method for sharing a multimedia resource among a plurality of devices based upon a physical location of a wireless endpoint unit within a structure, the method comprising: associating each of the plurality of devices with a corresponding zone within the structure, each device to provide functionality within the device's corresponding zone; determining that the physical location of the wireless endpoint unit is within a first zone within the structure; in response to the determining that the physical location of the wireless endpoint unit is within the first zone, providing, by a controller, one or more devices associated with the first zone with access to the multimedia resource, and withholding access to the multimedia resource from one or more other devices associated within a second zone within the structure that is remote from the physical location of the wireless endpoint unit; determining that the physical location of the wireless endpoint unit has changed to be within the second zone; in response to the determining that the physical location has changed to be within the second zone, providing, by the controller, the one or more other devices that are associated with the second zone with access to the multimedia resource, and withholding access to the multimedia resource from the one or more devices that are associated with the first zone, wherein the multimedia resource is separate from the wireless endpoint unit and is operable to function with the one or more devices associated within the first zone or the one or more other devices associated within the second zone.