Method and system for a handheld wireless communication device for configuring connection to and use of local and remote resources

1. A method for data communication, the method comprising:

in a handheld wireless communication device:

discovering available local networks and local resources available via said available local networks;

discovering available remote networks and remote resources available via said available remote networks; and

establishing based on user preference criteria stored in said handheld wireless communication device, a route between one or more of said remote available resources and a selected one or more of said local available resources; wherein:

multimedia data is communicated between said one or more available remote resources and said selected one or more local available resources via said route; and

said multimedia data is consumed utilizing said selected one or more local available resources, wherein said multimedia data is transcoded by at least one of said one or more available remote resources along said route to enable said consumption by said selected one or more available local resources.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising dynamically adjusting said established route.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said dynamically adjusting is done based on variation in availability of said available local networks or so on variation in availability of said available remote networks.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said dynamically adjusting is done based on a bandwidth of said available local networks or on a bandwidth of said available remote networks.

5. The method according to claim 1 , comprising dynamically adjusting said user preference criteria stored in said handheld wireless communication device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

updating a first list of said local resources available via said available local networks; and

updating a second list of said local resources available via said available local networks.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the discovering further comprises:

examining announcement messages that describe said local resources available via said available local networks or said available remote networks.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the discovering further comprises:

querying said available local networks for information on said available remote networks.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in a handheld wireless communication device:

storing the established route in a routing table.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the establishing further comprises:

creating an ad hoc virtual network of devices from the available local networks and from the available remote network; and

establishing the route to traverse the ad hoc virtual network.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in a handheld wireless communication device:

creating an ad hoc virtual network of devices from the available local networks and from the available remote network; and

establishing the route to traverse the ad hoc virtual network.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the routing table is located in the handheld wireless communication device.

13. A system for data communication, the system comprising:

one or more circuits in a handheld wireless communication device, said one or more circuits beings operable to discover available local networks and local resources available via said available local networks and to discover available remote networks and remote resources available via said available remote networks; and

said one or more circuits are operable to establish based on user preference criteria stored in said handheld wireless communication device, a route between one or more of said remote available resources and a selected one or more of said local available resources in; wherein:

multimedia data is communicated between said one or more available remote resources and said selected one or more local available resources via said route; and

said multimedia data is consumed utilizing said selected one or more local available resources, wherein said multimedia data is transcoded by at least one of said one or more available remote resources along said route to enable said consumption by said selected one or more available local resources.

14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein said one or more circuits enable dynamically adjusting said established route.

15. The system according to claim 14 , wherein said dynamic adjustment is done based on variation in availability of said available local networks or on variation in availability of said available remote networks.

16. The system according to claim 14 , wherein said dynamic adjustment is done based on a bandwidth of said available local networks or on a bandwidth of said available remote networks.

17. The system according to claim 13 , wherein said one or more circuits enable dynamic adjustment of said user preference criteria stored in said handheld wireless communication device.

18. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program comprising at least one code section for data communication, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform:

in a handheld wireless communication device, discovering available local networks and local resources available via said available local networks and discovering available remote networks and remote resources available via said available remote networks; and

establishing based on user preference criteria stored in said handheld wireless communication device, a route between one or more of said remote available resources and a selected one or more of said local available resources in; wherein:

multimedia data is communicated between said one or more available remote resources and said selected one or more local available resources via said route; and

said multimedia data is consumed utilizing said selected one or more local available resources, wherein said multimedia data is transcoded by at least one of said one or more available resources in said remote network to enable said consumption by said selected one or more available local resources.

19. The machine readable storage according to claim 18 , wherein said at least one code section comprises code for dynamically adjusting said established route.

20. The machine readable storage according to claim 19 , wherein said dynamic adjustment is done based on variation in availability of said available local networks or on variation in availablity of said available remote networks.

21. The machine readable storage according to claim 19 , wherein said dynamic adjustment is done based on a bandwidth of said available local networks or on a bandwidth of said available remote networks.

22. The machine readable storage according to claim 18 , wherein said at least one code section comprises code for dynamically adjusting said user preference criteria stored in said handheld wireless communication device.

23. The machine readable storage according to claim 18 , wherein said local resources are local to said handheld wireless communication device.

24. The machine readable storage according to claim 18 , wherein said remote resources are remote to said handheld wireless communication device.