Patent ID: 7995756

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for causing a media server to perform a method comprising: receiving, from a mobile device, a request to review content information stored on a personal media host device located at the mobile-device customer's premises, wherein the request includes an identifier of the mobile device; using the media server to validate the mobile device is capable of engaging in packet-data communication based on a network address of the received identifier of the mobile device; identifying the personal media host device associated with the mobile device based upon the received identifier of the mobile device; determining whether the mobile device is authorized to access the content information stored on the identified personal media host device based on the identifier of the mobile device; based on a determination that the mobile device is authorized to access the content information, accessing the content information from the personal media host device for presentation at the mobile device; receiving, from the mobile device, a request for media content stored on the personal media host device corresponding to a selection of the presented content information; determining whether the mobile device is authorized to access the media content stored on the personal media host device; based on a determination that the mobile device is authorized to access the media content, accessing the media content from the personal media host device; accessing a remote database to review device capabilities of the mobile device based on the identifier thereof, wherein the device capabilities include hardware characteristics of the mobile device; communicating with the mobile device to dynamically access and retrieve device parameter information; dynamically conditioning the media content based on the device capabilities or the device parameter information; and initiating a streaming packet-data session from the media server to the mobile device over a wireless communications network using at least one base transceiver station.