Wireless device for group access and management

摘要

A system and method for establishing a group of wireless devices having shared media stored thereupon associates each group member device of the group of wireless devices, communicates with at least some of the group member devices of the group of wireless devices to identify shared media and upon receiving a request transmitted by a group member device of the group of wireless devices, supports access to shared media. The shared media may be stored on a different group member device, upon a managing server computer, or a media server. Upon a successful validation, the group member device that made the request is notified to facilitate the access to the shared media. The notification includes access information.

主权项

1. A method of controlling group access to a media source comprising:
utilizing a handheld wireless device to associate a plurality of devices into a group of member devices, in which the handheld wireless device is a primary member of the group of member devices and in which the primary member controls sharing of media content among the group; receiving, at the handheld wireless device, a request message from a second group member device to access a media source; responding to the request message by communicating from the handheld wireless device to the second group member device, a menu of options for accessing the media source; receiving, at the handheld wireless device, a response to the menu of options from the second group member device; validating an access request by the second group member device to selected media content of the media source; utilizing the handheld wireless device to access the media source to retrieve the selected media content from the media source; and transferring the selected media content to the second group member device via the handheld wireless device.