LIVE NON-AV CONTENT OVER A DLNA NETWORK

1 . A Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) aliasing apparatus, comprising:

a DLNA interface;

a non-DLNA interface;

aliasing logic coupled to the DLNA interface and non-DLNA interface; and

a processor coupled to the aliasing logic and arranged to execute software instructions to:

establish a communications link with a non-DLNA device via the non-DLNA interface;

retrieve at least one static datum from the non-DLNA device;

convert the at least one static datum to a multimedia format file; and

enable sharing of the multimedia format file via a DLNA protocol.

2 . The DLNA aliasing apparatus of claim 1 wherein the DLNA apparatus is embedded in a weather station device.

3 . The DLNA aliasing apparatus of claim 1 wherein the multimedia format file conforms to at least one Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image file format.

4 . The DLNA aliasing apparatus of claim 1 wherein the multimedia format file conforms to at least one Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) video encoding protocol.

5 . The DLNA aliasing apparatus of claim 1 wherein the processor coupled to the aliasing logic is further arranged to execute software instructions to:

communicate the multimedia format file via the DLNA interface to a DLNA-enabled device via a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network.

6 . The DLNA aliasing apparatus of claim 5 wherein the DLNA-enabled device is configured as a Digital Media Player (DMP) or Mobile Digital Media Player (M-DMP) device.

7 . The DLNA aliasing apparatus of claim 5 wherein the processor coupled to the aliasing logic is further arranged to execute software instructions to:

expose a file system structure to DLNA-enabled devices coupled to the UPnP network.

8 . The DLNA aliasing apparatus of claim 1 wherein the processor coupled to the aliasing logic is further arranged to execute software instructions to:

automatically transmit a DLNA acknowledgement message in response to a received DLNA message.

9 . The DLNA aliasing apparatus of claim 5 wherein the processor coupled to the aliasing logic is further arranged to execute software instructions to:

expose the DLNA aliasing apparatus as a Digital Media Server (DMS) apparatus at a first time; and

expose the DLNA aliasing apparatus as at least one of a Digital Media Player (DMP), a Digital Media Renderer (DMR), and a Digital Media Controller (DMC) at a second time.

10 . A method to communicate, comprising:

receiving, with a DLNA aliasing apparatus, data from a non-DLNA device;

formatting the received data into a DLNA file, the DLNA file conforming to a DLNA media class;

exposing the DLNA file on a network; and

communicating the DLNA file to a DLNA-enabled device.

11 . The method to communicate of claim 10 , comprising:

receiving, with the DLNA aliasing apparatus, input data from the DLNA-enabled device;

parsing the input data; and

communicating at least some of the parsed data to the non-DLNA device.

12 . The method to communicate of claim 10 wherein the act of exposing the DLNA file on the network includes managing a file system in a memory of the DLNA aliasing apparatus.

13 . The method to communicate of claim 10 wherein the act of formatting the received data into the DLNA file includes generating at least one file that conforms to a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image file format.

14 . The method to communicate of claim 10 wherein the data from the non-DLNA device is received via the network.

15 . The method to communicate of claim 10 wherein the data from the non-DLNA device is received via a non-networked communication medium.

16 . A system, comprising:

a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) compatible network;

a DLNA aliasing apparatus coupled to the DLNA compatible network; and

a non-DLNA compatible device.

17 . The system of claim 16 wherein the non-DLNA compatible device is a weather station.

18 . The system of claim 16 wherein the non-DLNA compatible device is an electronic device selected from the group of a refrigerator, a laundry machine, and a device configured to cook food.

19 . The system of claim 16 wherein the non-DLNA compatible device is an electronic device associated with an automobile.

20 . The system of claim 16 wherein the DLNA aliasing apparatus is integrated within the non-DLNA compatible device.