ELECTRONIC MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
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Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method for sharing electronic content. A sending user can specify one or more criteria that a recipient memory device must have to store the content. The sending user can also specify a digital rights management control that can be associated with the content. The content can be transferred to the recipient if the recipient memory device has the specified properties. Software at the recipient can ensure that the content is handled in accordance with the digital rights management controls specified by the sender.
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Citations
85 Claims
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1-65. -65. (canceled)
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66. A method for sharing information, including:
- receiving sending instructions to transfer to a recipient a file, said sending instructions identifying a specific type of memory device on which the file is permitted to be stored at the recipient;
receiving the file;
sending a notice to the recipient indicating that the recipient may download the file;
receiving a request for the file from the recipient;
determining if transfer software to transfer the file only to the specific type of memory device is installed at the recipient;
if transfer software is not installed at the recipient, then sending the transfer software to the recipient; and
sending the file to the recipient to be stored on the specific type of memory device only if the transfer software to install only to the specific type of memory device is installed. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70)
- receiving sending instructions to transfer to a recipient a file, said sending instructions identifying a specific type of memory device on which the file is permitted to be stored at the recipient;
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71. A method for sharing information, including:
- receiving at least one criterion that a memory device at a recipient must have to store information to be sent from a sender, the at least one criterion being a type of the memory device;
receiving a digital rights management control associated with the information;
sending a notice to the recipient indicating that the recipient may obtain the information;
receiving a request for the information from the recipient;
sending the file to the recipient to be stored on the memory device, if the second memory device has the one or more criteria. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
- receiving at least one criterion that a memory device at a recipient must have to store information to be sent from a sender, the at least one criterion being a type of the memory device;
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79. An apparatus for sharing information, including:
- a processor; and
a memory coupled to said processor, said memory storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to perform steps including receiving sending instructions to transfer to a recipient a file, said sending instructions identifying a a specific type of memory device on which the file is permitted to be stored at the recipient, receiving the file, sending a notice to the recipient indicating that the recipient may download the file, receiving a request for the file from the recipient, determining if transfer software to transfer the file only to the specific type of memory device is installed at the recipient, if transfer software is not installed at the recipient, then sending the transfer software to the recipient, and sending the file to the recipient to be stored on the specific type of memory device only if the transfer software to install only to the specific type of memory device is installed. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
- a processor; and
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