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US 2006/0039304 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for wireless distribution of a file using ad-hoc wireless networks
AssigneeTime Warner, Inc.
InventorsHoward Singer, Laird Popkin, Yariv Sadan
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for distributing a media content file wherein a file is received in a node. The received file is then shared with a recognized neighbor node. Once the file is provided by a distributor node to a neighbor node, the distributor node claims an incentive for sharing the file with the neighbor node.
Claims22
A method for wireless electronic media file distribution comprising:
- receiving a file to promulgate;
- recognizing a neighbor node;
- providing the file to the neighbor node;
- and
- claiming an incentive for providing the file.
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A wireless file distribution device comprising:
- processor capable of executing an instruction sequence;
- wireless interface capable of interacting with a wireless network;
- memory capable of storing a file cache and one or more instruction sequences including:
- peer-to-peer module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to:
- recognize a neighbor node;
- and
- establish a first connection with a second wireless file distribution device and second connection with a recognized neighbor node using the wireless interface;
- file reception module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to receive a file into the memory by means of a first communications connection;
- conveyance module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to:
- convey to the second connection a portion of the file received into the memory;
- and
- create a file-provided record in the memory that reflects the conveyance of the file to the second connection;
- and
- incentive module that, when executed by the processor, minimally causes the processor to:
- generate an incentive request according to the file-provided record stored in the memory;
- and
- convey the incentive request to a purchase manager using the wireless interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.