DISTRIBUTION OF MULTIMEDIA FILES USING A ROVING FILE SERVER

摘要

Methods and apparatus for distributing multimedia files to wireless-equipped subscriber units are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a multimedia title is associated with a subscriber unit (510) and a multimedia file corresponding to that multimedia title is downloaded to a roving file server (111) using a broadband communications link. After the roving file server (111) detects that it is within range of a wireless transceiver associated with the subscriber unit (510), the multimedia file is transferred to the subscriber unit (510) using the detected wireless transceiver.