US 6,983,312 B1
Method for using scheduled hyperlinks to record multimedia content
Joseph Thomas O'Neil, Staten Island, N.Y. (US)
Assigned to AT&T Corp., New York, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/906,252.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—217 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of establishing communications with one or more devices located in an environment using a wireless communication device, the wireless communication device comprising a short-range transceiver and a long-range transceiver, the short-range transceiver of the wireless communication device being able to communicate with a short-range transceiver located in the environment, the method comprising:
a) receiving a communication from the short-range transceiver of the wireless communication device, the communication including a request to establish communications with one or more device located in the environment;
b) transmitting a request to an environment directory server to determine if a user associated with the wireless communication device has permission to access any of the devices in the environment;
c) receiving a response from the environment directory server in response to the request, wherein said step of receiving a response from the environment directory server includes:
c1) providing an indication as to whether access to the devices in the environment is transient; and
c2) if so, providing dates and times at which the wireless communication device can access the devices in the environment; and
d) communicating to the short-range transceiver of the wireless communication device whether the device can communicate with any of the devices in the environment.