ROUTING OF DATA INCLUDING MULTIMEDIA BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES

摘要

Rerouting apparatus for rerouting data including multimedia data. The apparatus is for association with electronic equipment and allows for routing the data to a device regarded as the most convenient for playing the media. The apparatus comprises an announcer device for indicating to surrounding equipment that associated equipment is available for rerouting, thereby to enable receipt of rerouted communications therefrom, and a scout device for scanning surroundings of the associated equipment to find out about compatible equipment in the vicinity, thereby to reroute communications thereto. The apparatus may be attached to any device having data processing capability, to enable rerouting of data and communications therebetween.

主权项

1. Apparatus for routing and rerouting streaming data, the apparatus being mobile and comprising:
a streaming device comprising: an announcer device configured to indicate to surrounding media handling devices that said streaming device is available to receive streaming data, thereby to enable receipt of data or routed data from said surrounding media handling devices, and a scout device configured to scan surroundings of said streaming device to identify surrounding media handling devices as being compatible to handle given media, and determine availability of said identified compatible media handling devices, thereby to route or reroute streaming data between said streaming device and a selected one of said surrounding media handling devices, said scout device further being configured to determine media type requirements of said compatible media handling devices, said apparatus configured to set up a wireless communication link between said streaming device and a respective one of said media handling devices; a user interface for allowing a user to select one of said media type requirements of said respective media handling device, and a media cloner, for making multiple copies of a single incoming data stream, thereby to enable said apparatus to redirect said single incoming data stream to a plurality of locations.