NETWORKED MEDIA STATION

摘要

Disclosed herein is a networked media station providing a variety of features including a wireless network interface, a wired network interface, a peripheral interface, and a multimedia interface. The wireless network interface(s) allows the device to communicate to serve as a wireless base station or repeater and/or a bridge between a wireless and a wired network. The peripheral interface allows the device to communicate with a variety of peripherals, and, in conjunction with the network interface(s), allows sharing of a peripheral among multiple networked computers. The multimedia interface allows the device to be used with entertainment devices for streaming of multimedia information from a network connected computer to the entertainment device. Control of various aspects of the device is preferably controlled from a network connected computer.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
in a computer, performing operations for:
identifying a networked media station that is communicatively coupled to the computer via a wireless network; andsending multimedia content to the networked media station, the multimedia content being configured to, when processed by the networked media station, cause the networked media station to output corresponding multimedia, the sending comprising:
causing multimedia data from the multimedia content to be decoded generate decoded multimedia data;causing the decoded multimedia data to be re-encoded to generate re-encoded multimedia data; andcausing the re-encoded multimedia data to be sent to the networked media station.