Providing and receiving content for computer networks using a gateway and server

摘要

Providing and receiving content for nodes of a computer network. In one aspect, a method for receiving content for nodes on a network includes establishing a computer device as a gateway device that can communicate in a first network and communicate with a server in a second network. The gateway device makes a request for content to be provided to at least one destination node in the first network. The requested content is received at the gateway device and is then provided to the destination node, where the received content is based on stored settings for the at least one destination node.

主权项

1. A method for receiving content at nodes on a network, the method comprising:
establishing a mobile personal communication device as a gateway device for a plurality of destination nodes in a first network, the gateway device operative to communicate in the first network and communicate with a server in a second network; receiving, at the gateway device, a content list for display at the gateway device, the content list being stored on a database at the server and listing a plurality of multimedia content items available for interaction on at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes; receiving, at the gateway device, a destination node listing for display at the gateway device; selecting, at the gateway device, a multimedia content item of the plurality of multimedia content items from the content list displayed at the gateway device; selecting, at the gateway device, the at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes as a destination node to receive the multimedia content selected at the gateway device; and communicating with the server from the gateway device to make a request for the multimedia content item selected at the gateway device to be provided to the at least one destination node of the plurality of destination nodes in the first network, wherein the requested multimedia content item is stored at the server.