×

Device communication

  • US 10,020,997 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2011
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method in a first communications device, comprising:

  • receiving, by the first communications device, an identity code from a second communications device to access by the second communications device multimedia objects being stored in the first communications device, wherein the identity code is unique during a predetermined period of time, wherein a representation of the identity code is communicated from the second communications device to the first communications device over a first communication interface, the first communication interface being one of an audio interface or a picture-based interface;

    transmitting the identity code from said first communications device to a server over a second communication interface for resolving the identity of the second communications device and associating the first communications device with the second communications device;

    associating, by the first communications device, the identity code or the representation thereof with a set of multimedia objects being stored in the first communications device, the set of multimedia objects being associated with access rights; and

    sending, by the first communications device, access information relating to the access rights to access the set of multimedia objects to the server, thereby enabling the server to, by the server generating credentials relating to the set of multimedia objects and the access rights associated therewith and sending the credentials relating to the set of multimedia objects and the access rights associated therewith and the resolved identity of the second communications device to the second communications device, allow the second communications device to access and display the set of multimedia objects stored in the first communications device and to manipulate the set of multimedia objects according to the access rights.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×