Portable A/V relay device
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a means for receiving an Audio/Video (A/V) signal from an original A/V source and re-formatting and re-transmitting the A/V signal such that it can be displayed on a nearby portable mobile device.
1. A portable A/V relay device for receiving and re-transmitting an A/V signal, comprising:
an input module for receiving an original A/V signal from an original A/V source;
an analog-to-digital converter coupled with the input module that receives the original A/V signal from the input module and converts the original A/V signal to a digital A/V signal;
a digital signal processor coupled with the analog-to-digital converter for receiving and processing the digital A/V signal such that the digital A/V signal can be packetized and modulated onto a short range RF carrier;
a short range RF transceiver coupled with the digital signal processor for re-transmitting the packetized and modulated digital A/V signal; and
an IP network interface configured to connect to an external IP network such that the portable A/V relay device can re-transmit the packetized and modulated digital A/V signal over the external IP network.
2. The portable A/V relay device of claim 1 wherein the short range RF transceiver is a Bluetooth™ transceiver.
3. The portable A/V relay device of claim 1 wherein the short range RF transceiver is an 802.11 WiFi transceiver.
4. The portable A/V relay device of claim 1 wherein the input module can connect to a plurality of A/V sources.
5. The portable A/V relay device of claim 4 further comprising the portable A/V relay device re-transmitting the packetized and modulated digital A/V signal over the external IP network to an external playback device connected to the external IP network.
6. A method of receiving and re-transmitting an A/V signal from an original A/V source to an external A/V playback device, the method comprising:
receiving an original A/V signal from an original A/V source;
converting the original A/V signal to a digital A/V signal;
processing the digital A/V signal such that the digital A/V signal can be packetized and modulated onto a short range RF carrier; and
re-transmitting the packetized and modulated digital A/V signal over an external IP network.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising re-transmitting the packetized and modulated digital A/V signal using a short range RF transceiver, wherein the short range RF transceiver is a Bluetooth™ transceiver.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising re-transmitting the packetized and modulated digital A/V signal using a short range RF transceiver, wherein the short range RF transceiver is an 802.11 WiFi transceiver.
9. A method of receiving and re-transmitting an A/V signal from an original A/V source to an external A/V playback device, the method comprising:
receiving an original A/V signal from an original A/V source;
converting the original A/V signal to a digital A/V signal;
processing the digital A/V signal such that the digital A/V signal can be packetized into an IP data stream; and
re-transmitting IP data stream over an IP network.
10. An apparatus comprising a computer readable storage medium with instructions stored therein, the instructions when executed causing a processing device to perform:
receiving an original A/V signal from an original A/V source;
converting the original A/V signal to a digital A/V signal;
processing the digital A/V signal such that the digital A/V signal can be packetized and modulated onto a short range RF carrier; and
re-transmitting the packetized and modulated digital A/V signal using a short range RF transceiver.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the short range RF transceiver is a Bluetoothr™ transceiver.
12. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the short range RF transceiver is an 802.11 WiFi transceiver.
13. An apparatus comprising a computer readable storage medium containing instructions stored therein, the instructions when executed causing a processing device to perform:
receiving an original A/V signal from an original A/V source;
converting the original A/V signal to a digital A/V signal;
processing the digital A/V signal such that the digital A/V signal can be packetized into an IP data stream; and
re-transmitting IP data stream over an IP network.