Method and apparatus for providing multimedia content on a mobile media center

摘要

A method and apparatus for providing multimedia content over a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request from a customer via a data enabled cellular phone for accessing one or more multimedia content from a multimedia content server of the customer, and performs an authentication for obtaining the one or more multimedia content from the multimedia content server. The method obtains the one or more multimedia content from the multimedia content server, and transmits the one or more multimedia content to the data enabled cellular phone.

主权项

1. A method for providing multimedia content, the method comprising:
receiving, via a processor of an application server deployed in a service provider network, a request from a customer wirelessly via a data enabled cellular phone for accessing the multimedia content from a multimedia content server of the customer, where the multimedia content server is located in a customer home or a customer place of business; performing, by the processor, an authentication for obtaining the multimedia content from the multimedia content server; obtaining, by the processor, the multimedia content from the multimedia content server; and transmitting, by the processor, the multimedia content to the data enabled cellular phone to be transmitted from the data enabled cellular phone to a mobile set-top box, wherein the mobile set-top box is deployed in a vehicle, wherein the mobile set-top box interacts with a display installed in the vehicle for displaying the multimedia content, wherein the data enabled cellular phone has a multimedia content previewing capability.