Electronic media distribution system
AssigneeGula Consulting Limited Liability Company
InventorsDamian Franken Manning, Jon Walter Lowy
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Abstract
A system and method for sharing electronic content. A sending user can specify one or more criteria that a recipient memory device must have to store the content. The sending user can also specify a digital rights management control that can be associated with the content. The content can be transferred to the recipient if the recipient memory device has the specified properties. Software at the recipient can ensure that the content is handled in accordance with the digital rights management controls specified by the sender.
Claims17
A method of transferring content from a sender device to a recipient device, the method comprising:
- storing, in a memory of the sender device, the content to be sent through a network to the recipient device;
- specifying, with the sender device, digital rights management controls that are to be enforced with respect to the content;
- sending the content and the specified digital rights management controls through the network to an intermediary server device that is configured to enforce the specified digital rights management controls and transfer the content to the recipient device;
- and
- disabling the content in the memory of the sender device.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions stored therein, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, configure a sender device to:
- store, in a memory of the sender device, content to be sent through a network;
- specify digital rights management controls that are to be enforced with respect to the content;
- send the content and the specified digital rights management controls through the network to an intermediary server device that is configured to enforce the specified digital rights management controls and transfer the content to a recipient device;
- and
- disable the content in the memory of the sender device.
A computing device, comprising:
- a memory configured to store content to be sent through a network;
- a user interface configured to allow digital rights management controls that are to be enforced with respect to the content to be specified;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- cause the content and the specified digital rights controls to be sent through the network to an intermediary server device that is configured to enforce the specified digital rights management controls and transfer the content to a recipient device;
- and
- disable, in the memory, the content sent to the intermediary server device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.