Media data sharing between media processing devices

摘要

A wireless media player and a related system and methodology are disclosed. One aspect of the wireless media player system pertains to a virtual connector system, apparatus, and method for the automatic establishment of wireless connectivity with other electronic devices. In one embodiment, the media player device employs the use of integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to exchange communication settings, media capability, and other parameters with an external device that also has integrated RFID technology. The automatic exchange of settings and other information via a proximity-based RFID data exchange allows a media player to quickly establish a secure communication link with another device via a commonly supported wireless protocol such as Ultra Wideband (UWB) or Bluetooth. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a method of using the captured media capability of the connecting device to customize certain menu options and software parameters in the media player.

主权项

1. A method of sharing data between a plurality of media devices, comprising:
executing a device discovery process between the plurality of media devices by which device-descriptive data are obtained by a first media device from a second media device of the plurality of media devices; retrieving, from the device-descriptive data obtained by the first media device from the second media device, a second network address of the second media device on a communications network to which the first media device is coupled to at a first network address; establishing an end-to-end network connection on the communications network between the first and second media devices using the second network address of the second media device retrieved from the device-descriptive data thereof; transmitting a media asset from the first media device to the second media device over the network connection; processing the media asset with the second media device to be output according to at least one media control command received by the second media device from the first media device.