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Method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content

  • US 10,158,837 B2
  • Filed: 05/02/2016
  • Issued: 12/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a first user device, a message from a server across a network, the message instructing the first user device to request a specific item of multimedia content from a second user device, the message transmitted to the first user device in response to receipt by the server of a request to view the specific item of multimedia content on a third user device and a determination by the server that the specific item of multimedia content is available from the second user device;

    responsive to the message, the first user device requesting the specific item of multimedia content from the second user device, wherein the second user device is different from the first user device and the server;

    responsive to requesting the specific item of multimedia content, the first user device receiving the specific item of multimedia content from the second user device;

    transcoding, at the first user device, the specific item of multimedia content into a format suitable for playback at the third user device;

    sending the transcoded specific item of multimedia content from the first user device to the third user device.

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