Patent ID: 8565747

Claim:
A system for use in a network device supporting advertising of multimedia information services, the system comprising: at least one processor operably coupled to circuitry for communication via at least one wireless network, and operably coupled to circuitry for communication via a broadband network, the at least one processor arranged to, at least: determine, via one or both of the at least one wireless network and/or the broadband network, service information comprising availability of media-related services and a service advertisement of selectable services offered by the network device; download, upgrade and/or update operating code when a user device that supports services or features that are not presently supported by the network device gains access to the network device via the at least one wireless network; and transmit the service information comprising the availability of media-related services and the service advertisement of the selectable services offered by the network device to the user device via the at least one wireless network.