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Sharing of media using contact data

  • US 7,627,608 B2
  • Filed: 02/07/2007
  • Issued: 12/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving media items of a user at a sharing service to which the user is registered;

    receiving one or more contact records of a personal device of the user that are associated with the media items, wherein a person associated with the one or more contact records is not registered with the sharing service;

    sending an electronic notification that describes sharing of the media items to the person associated with the one or more contact records, wherein the electronic notification includes an access code unique to the person;

    facilitating, via the sharing service, access to the media items by the person associated with the contact records based on the access code, wherein the access code further allows the person to access other content on the sharing service shared to the person by other users registered with the sharing service.

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