Digital content preview generation and distribution among peer devices
First Claim
1. A method for transferring digital content in peer-to-peer communications between a first peer communications device and a second peer communications device, comprising:
- selecting digital content stored on the first peer communications device, generating a content preview, at the first peer communications device, from the digital content selected, transmitting the content preview from the first peer communications device to the second peer communications device.
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Abstract
Methods and devices for end-user generation of content previews by selecting digital content stored on a communications device, generating a content preview on the communications device from the digital content selected based on content transcoding information. In one embodiment, a mobile wireless communications device (300) includes a content preview generator (340) for generating content previews from content stored in memory based on content transcoding information, and a transmitter (380) for sharing the content previews from the mobile wireless communications device, for example in peer-to-peer communications.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for transferring digital content in peer-to-peer communications between a first peer communications device and a second peer communications device, comprising:
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selecting digital content stored on the first peer communications device, generating a content preview, at the first peer communications device, from the digital content selected, transmitting the content preview from the first peer communications device to the second peer communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method in a mobile wireless communications device, comprising:
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selecting digital content stored on the mobile wireless communications device, the mobile wireless communications device possessing a right to generate a content preview from the digital content selected;
generating a content preview, on the mobile wireless communications device, from the digital content selected. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method in a mobile wireless communications device, comprising:
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selecting digital content stored on the mobile wireless communications device, generating a plurality of different content previews, on the mobile wireless communications device, from the same digital content selected.
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18. A mobile wireless communications device, comprising:
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digital content and corresponding content transcoding information stored in memory, the content transcoding information specifying parameters for generating content previews from corresponding digital content;
a content preview generator, the content preview generator generating content previews from content stored in memory based on the content transcoding information;
a transmitter for sharing the content previews from the mobile wireless communications device. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A digital content transcoding data structure enabling content previews to be generated from digital content at mobile wireless communications devices, comprising:
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digital content identification associating the digital content transcoding data structure with corresponding digital content;
digital content preview generation information specifying limitations on user generated content previews for the corresponding digital content with which the digital content transcoding data structure is associated. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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