Digital file distribution in a social network system
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsJed Stremel, TS Ramakrishnan, Mark Slee
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Abstract
Systems and methods for obtaining a digital file similar to one used by a device associated with a member of a social network are provided. Digital file information about the digital file is stored on a web-based social network database. The digital file may be located on the same server as the web-based social network database or a third party server such as a mobile phone carrier. A user of the web-based social network database requesting the digital file may require a different format of the digital file than that used by the device of the member. If a different format is requested by the user, a server finds or converts the digital file to be compatible for use by a device specified by the user.
Claims1
A method for distributing a digital file in a peer-to-peer network comprising:
- storing identification information of the digital file in a record of a first user of a web-based social network database;
- receiving a request from a second user of the web-based social network database for the digital file, the request based at least in part on the identification information in the record of the first user;
- locating a source of the digital file;
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- facilitating the transfer of the digital file from the source to a device selected by the second user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.