# US 7,610,052 B2 · Sharing meta information media file > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,610,052 B2 - Document ID: US7610052B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/587,880 - Filed: 2005-01-13 - Published: 2007-07-19 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2004-02-04 - Inventors: Per Ögren - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7610052B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/00132: {in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering} - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - H04L 67/14: Session management (for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066) - H04L 67/148: Migration or transfer of sessions - H04N 1/00156: {with a group of selected individuals or correspondents} - H04N 1/00307: {with a mobile telephone apparatus (constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00)} - H04N 1/32523: {a plurality of output devices} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04N 2101/00: Still video cameras - H04N 2201/3205: of identification information, e.g. name or ID code (H04N2201/3209 takes precedence) - H04N 2201/3249: data relating to a linked page or object, e.g. hyperlink - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Methods, portable communication devices, and computer program products for sharing at least one media file of a portable communication device with a set of electronic communication devices include detecting a setting, by a user, of the set of electronic communication devices. The portable communication device generates at least one media file. At least a link, related to the media file, is distributed to at least the electronic communication devices of the set which were located in a region of the portable communication device, at the time of the generation of the at least one media file. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for sharing at least one media file of a portable communication device with a set of electronic communication devices, comprising: detecting a setting, by a user, of the set of devices, generating the at least one media file by the portable communication device, providing meta information together with the media file, the meta information being information in relation to the electronic communication devices of the set, which were located in the region of the portable communication device, at the time of the generation of the at least one media file; wherein the media file comprises a picture that is generated when the user records the picture with a camera on the portable communication device, wherein the meta information comprises text information including information that identifies the users of the electronic communication devices of the set, the location where the picture was acquired, a comment regarding identity of persons in the picture and/or information extracted from entries in a phone book of the electronic communication device; automatically distributing at least a link, related to the media file, to at least the electronic communication devices of the set which were located in a region of the portable communication device a distance or radius from the portable communication device at the time the picture is acquired with the camera on the portable communication device at the time of the generation of said at least one media file. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1, wherein the region is within a radius from the portable communication device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1, wherein detecting a setting comprises detecting a communication network pairing of the portable communication device with at least one electronic communication device of the set of devices. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A method according to claim 3, wherein detecting the pairing comprises initiating a communication connection between the portable communication device and the paired electronic communication devices and wherein the step of distributing further comprises distributing the media file over the initiated connection. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1, wherein the distributing at least a link further comprises distributing the media file to at least the electronic communication devices that were located in the region of the portable communication device, at the time of the generation of the at least one media file. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) A method according to claim 4, in which the connection is a wireless communication connection. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) A method according to claim 4, in which the connection is a Bluetooth® Wireless Technology connection. ### Claim 8 A portable communication device for sharing at least one media file with a set of electronic communication devices, the portable communication device comprising: a media unit configured to generate a media file, a control unit, connected to the media unit, configured to detect a setting of the set of electronic communication devices, by a user, to provide meta information together with the media file in relation to the electronic communication devices of the set, which were located in the region of the portable communication device, at the time of the generation of the at least one media file, wherein the media file comprises a picture that is generated when the user records the picture with a camera on the portable communication device, wherein the meta information comprises text information including information that identifies the users of the electronic communication devices of the set, the location where the picture was acquired, a comment regarding identity of persons in the picture and/or information extracted from entries in a phone book of the electronic communication device, and to automatically distribute at least a link, related to the media file, to the electronic communication devices of the set which were located in a region of the portable communication device a distance or radius from the portable communication device at the time that the picture is acquired with the camera on the portable communication device, at the time of the generation of the at least one media file, for connecting to a wireless communication unit to enable wireless communication over a wireless communication interface between the wireless communication unit associated with the portable communication device and a wireless communication unit associated with at least one electronic communication device of the set. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A portable communication device according to claim 8, wherein the wireless communication unit associated with the portable communication device is connected to the control unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A portable communication device according to claim 8, wherein the wireless communication unit is a Bluetooth® Wireless Technology unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) A portable communication device, according to claim 8, wherein the portable communication device is a mobile phone. ### Claim 12 A computer program product configured to share at least one media file of a portable communication device with a set of electronic communication devices, the computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program product comprising: computer readable program code configured to detect a setting of a set of electronic communication devices, computer readable program code configured to generate the at least one media file by the first portable communication device, computer readable program code configured to provide meta information together with the media file, the information being meta information in relation to the electronic communication devices of the set, which were located in the region of the portable communication device, at the time of the generation of the at least one media file, wherein the media file comprises a picture and the picture is generated when the user records the picture with a camera on the portable communication device, wherein the meta information comprises text information including information about the users of the electronic communication devices of the set, the location where the picture was acquired, a comment regarding persons in the picture and/or information extracted from entries in a phone book of the electronic communication device, and computer readable program code configured to automatically distribute at least a link, related to the media file, to the electronic communication devices in the set which were located in a region of the portable communication device a distance or radius from the portable communication device at the time that the picture is acquired with the camera on the portable communication device, at the time of the generation of the at least one media file, so as to enable facilitated sharing of at least one media file of the portable communication device with the electronic communication devices.