Method and System for Sharing and Distributing Content

A system for distributing content to at least one client device comprising:

• a content host having a content host processor and a content storage medium;
• a client device having a client processor and a content cache;
• and
• a permissions storage medium configured to store permissions data corresponding to a recipient of content, wherein the permissions data comprises a permissions level and an amount of permissions that are already assigned to the recipient and wherein:
• the content storage medium is configured to store one or more items of content;
• the content cache is configured to store one or more items of cached content;
• the content host processor is configured to parse the permissions data to determine a number of permissions available based on the permissions level and the amount of permissions that are already assigned to the recipient;
• the content host processor is configured to receive, from the client processor, a content identifier wherein the content identifier corresponds to a recipient request for an item of content to be cached in the content cache;
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• the content host processor is additionally configured to modify the permissions data to include permission to cache the content to the permissions data if the recipient has available permissions and to facilitate the transfer of the item of content from the content storage medium to the content cache.

A computerised method for managing distributed content distributed to at least one client device, the method comprising:

• storing in a physical computer storage medium permissions data corresponding to a recipient of content, wherein the permissions data comprises a permissions level and an amount of permissions that are already assigned to the recipient;
• storing in a content cache associated with the client device one or more items of audio and/or visual content that have been distributed by a content host;
• receiving, from the recipient, at a client processor an identification of an item of content cached in the content cache that is to be removed from the content cache;
• removing, by the client processor, the identified item of cached content from the content cache and notifying a content host processor that the indentified item of content has been removed;
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• removing, by the content host processor, from the permissions data the permission corresponding to the removed item of content, whereby the amount of permissions already assigned to the recipient is reduced.

A system for personalising a user's content consumption experience, the system comprising:

• a content host processor for receiving, from a client device, an identification of an online profile corresponding to a user of the client device, wherein the online profile comprises content preference information, wherein:
• the content host processor is configured to parse the online profile audio and/or visual content preference information to identify one or more content creators;
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• the content host processor is further configured to determine a personalised selection of previously compiled content playlists based upon the one or more content creators identified and to cause the personalised selection to be presented to the user.

A computerised method for sharing content between a sharing entity and a receiving entity, the method comprising:

• causing, by a sharing entity processor, a datagram packet to be broadcast to one or more receiving entities within the same subnetwork, the user datagram protocol packet requesting the identifications of the one or more receiving entities;
• receiving at the sharing entity processor one or more datagram packets identifying the respective receiving entities;
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• sending, by a sharing entity processor, an identification of an item of content to be shared to one or more of the one or more receiving entities.

A computerised method for sharing content between a sharing entity and a receiving entity, the method comprising:

• sending, by a sharing entity processor, to a server an identification of a wireless computer network that the sharing entity is connected to;
• receiving, at the sharing entity processor, from the server an identification of one or more receiving entities associated with the same wireless computer network as the sharing entity in response to a request from the sharing entity processor;
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• sending, by a sharing entity processor, an identification of an item of content to be shared to one or more of the one or more receiving entities in response to a user selection.