Smart phone to home gateway/STB data exchange for content delivery

1. A method for operating a home gateway/STB comprising:

determining that a smart phone is within a proximity threshold of the home gateway/STB;

establishing a wireless communication link between the home gateway/STB and the smart phone;

querying the smart phone for digital diary data via the wireless communication link, the digital diary data including historical data relating to user interactions with the smart phone, the user interactions with the smart phone occurring while the smart phone is outside of communication range of the wireless communication link;

receiving the digital diary data from the smart phone via the wireless communication link;

communicating, via a second communication link, with a remote server to deliver at least some of the digital diary data to the remote server;

receiving content from the remote server, the content selected based upon the historical data of the digital diary data; and

displaying the content upon determining proximity of the smart phone to the home gateway/STB.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the content upon determining proximity of the smart phone to the home gateway/STB comprises at least one of:

downloading the content to the smart phone for presentation upon a display of the smart phone; or

displaying the content upon an audio/video system display associated with the home gateway/STB.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital diary data comprises at least one of:

information about at least one transaction serviced by the smart phone; or

location data of the smart phone captured over time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content comprises at least one of:

a channel guide that is customized based upon the digital diary data; or

media selected based upon the digital diary data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content comprises advertisements selected based upon the digital diary data.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the advertisements are based upon smart phone location data of the digital diary data, the smart phone location data captured over time.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the advertisements are delivered, via the wireless communication link, to the smart phone for later presentation to a user of the smart phone.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

querying a second smart phone for second digital diary data, the second digital diary data including historical data relating to user interactions with the second smart phone, the user interactions with the second smart phone occurring while the second smart phone is outside of communication range of the wireless communication link;

receiving the second digital diary data from the second smart phone;

communicating with the remote server to deliver at least some of the second digital diary data; and

receiving content from the remote server that is selected based upon both the historical data of the digital diary data and the historical data of second digital diary data.

9. A method for operating a smart phone comprising:

collecting digital diary data based upon usage of the smart phone;

establishing a wireless communication link with a home gateway/STB;

receiving, via the wireless communication link, a query for digital diary data from the home gateway/STB;

retrieving the digital diary data from memory, wherein collecting digital diary data based upon usage of the smart phone occurs while the smart phone is outside range of the wireless communication link;

delivering, via the wireless communication link, at least some of the digital diary data to the home gateway/STB for further delivery to a remote server;

receiving content from the home gateway/STB via the wireless communication link, the content selected by the remote server based upon the digital diary data;

presenting the content on a user interface of the smart phone;

determining that the smart phone is no longer within range of the wireless communication link with the home gateway/STB; and

collecting additional digital diary data based upon usage of the smart phone.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the digital diary data comprises at least one of:

information about at least one transaction serviced by the smart phone; or

location data of the smart phone captured over time.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the content comprises at least one of:

a channel guide that is customized based upon the digital diary data; or

media selected based upon the digital diary data.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the content comprises advertisements selected based upon the digital diary data.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the advertisements are based upon smart phone location data of the digital diary data, the smart phone location data captured over time.

14. A home gateway/STB comprising:

a wired communications interface;

a wireless communications interface; and

processing circuitry coupled to the wireless communications interface, which in combination are configured to:

establish a wireless communication link with a smart phone;

query the smart phone for digital diary data via the wireless communication link;

receive the digital diary data from the smart phone via the wireless communication link, the digital diary data including historical data relating to user interactions with the smart phone, the user interactions with the smart phone occurring while the smart phone is outside of communication range of the wireless communication link;

communicate with a remote server, via the wired communication link, to deliver at least some of the digital diary data to the remote server;

receive content from the remote server, the content selected based upon the historical data of the digital diary data; and

display the content upon determining proximity of the smart phone to the home gateway/STB.

15. The home gateway/STB of claim 14 , wherein displaying the content upon determining proximity of the smart phone to the home gateway/STB comprises at least one of:

downloading the content to the smart phone via the wireless communication link for presentation upon a display of the smart phone; or

displaying the content upon an audio/video system display associated with the home gateway/STB.

16. The home gateway/STB of claim 14 , wherein the digital diary data comprises at least one of:

information about at least one transaction serviced by the smart phone; or

location data of the smart phone captured over time.

17. The home gateway/STB of claim 14 , wherein the content comprises at least one of:

a channel guide that is customized based upon the digital diary data; or

media selected based upon the digital diary data.

18. The home gateway/STB of claim 14 , wherein the content comprises advertisements selected based upon the digital diary data.

19. The home gateway/STB of claim 18 , wherein the advertisements are based upon historical smart phone location data of the digital diary data and delivered to the smart phone for later presentation to a user of the smart phone.

20. The home gateway/STB of claim 14 , wherein the processing circuitry and the wireless communications interface are further configured to:

query a second smart phone for second digital diary data, the second digital diary data including historical data relating to user interactions with the second smart phone, the user interactions with the second smart phone occurring while the second smart phone is outside of communication range of the wireless communication link;

receive the second digital diary data from the second smart phone;

communicate with the remote server to deliver at least some of the second digital diary data; and

receive content from the remote server that is selected based upon both the historical data of the digital diary data and the historical data of the second digital diary data.