Sharing media items with pass phrases
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,receiving, at a server, a request from a first user to store a media item for later access by an electronic book reader device associated with a second user, wherein the request from the first user does not include information identifying the second user or the electronic book reader device associated with the second user as an intended recipient of the media item;
in response to receiving the request at the server, associating a pass phrase with the request to store the media item;
sending the pass phrase from the server to a device of the first user or to another device associated with the first user;
after sending the pass phrase, receiving, at the server, the media item from the device of the first user;
after receiving the media item at the server, storing the media item in association with the pass phrase, the pass phrase being usable for the later access of the media item by the electronic book reader device associated with the second user;
receiving, at the server, the pass phrase from the electronic book reader device associated with the second user; and
sending the media item from the server to the electronic book reader device associated with the second user at least partly in response to the receiving of the pass phrase at the server.
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Abstract
A sharing service receives a request to store a media item stored on an electronic book reader device for sharing with one or more other content rendering devices. In response, the sharing service associates a pass phrase with the request. The sharing service then provides the media item to those devices (e.g., eBook reader devices) that provide the pass phrase to the sharing service within a predetermined amount of time.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving, at a server, a request from a first user to store a media item for later access by an electronic book reader device associated with a second user, wherein the request from the first user does not include information identifying the second user or the electronic book reader device associated with the second user as an intended recipient of the media item; in response to receiving the request at the server, associating a pass phrase with the request to store the media item; sending the pass phrase from the server to a device of the first user or to another device associated with the first user; after sending the pass phrase, receiving, at the server, the media item from the device of the first user; after receiving the media item at the server, storing the media item in association with the pass phrase, the pass phrase being usable for the later access of the media item by the electronic book reader device associated with the second user; receiving, at the server, the pass phrase from the electronic book reader device associated with the second user; and sending the media item from the server to the electronic book reader device associated with the second user at least partly in response to the receiving of the pass phrase at the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving, at a server, a request from a user to share a media item stored on a device of the user with one or more content rendering devices associated with one or more other users, wherein the request from the user does not include information identifying the one or more other users, or the one or more content rendering devices associated with the one or more other users, as intended recipients of the media item; in response to receiving the request at the server, associating a pass phrase with the request to share the media item; sending the pass phrase from the server to the device of the user; after sending the pass phrase, receiving, at the server, the media item stored on the device of the user; after receiving the media item at the server, storing the media item in association with the pass phrase, the pass phrase being usable for later access of the media item by the one or more other content rendering devices associated with the one or more other users; receiving, at the server, the pass phrase from individual content rendering devices of the one or more content rendering devices associated with the one or more other users; and sending at least a portion of the media item from the server to the individual content rendering devices associated with the one or more other users at least partly in response to the receiving of the pass phrase at the server. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, sending, from an electronic book reader device associated with a user, to a server, a request to share a media item stored on the electronic book reader device of the user with one or more other electronic book reader devices associated with one or more other users, wherein the request does not include information identifying the one or more other users, or the one or more other electronic book reader devices associated with the one or more other users, as intended recipients of the media item; receiving, at the electronic book reader device associated with the user, from the server, a pass phrase that has been associated with the request at least partly in response to the sending of the request from the electronic book reader device associated with the user to the server; and after receiving the pass phrase from the server, sending the media item from the electronic book reader device of the user to the server, wherein the server stores the media item in association with the pass phrase after receiving the media item, the pass phrase for granting access to at least a portion of the media item to the one or more other electronic book reader devices associated with the one or more other users. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving, at a server, a request from a first user to store a copy of a media item that is stored on a client device of the first user by an electronic book reader device associated with a second user, wherein the request from the first user does not include information identifying the second user or the electronic book reader device associated with the second user as an intended recipient of the media item; in response to receiving the request at the server, associating a pass phrase with the request to store the copy of the media item; sending the pass phrase from the server to the client device of the first user; after sending the pass phrase, receiving, at the server, the copy of the media item from the client device of the first user; after receiving the copy of the media item at the server, storing the copy of the media item at the server, storing the copy of the media item in association with the pass phrase; and making the copy of the media item available to the electronic book reader device associated with the second user in response to receiving the pass phrase within a predetermined amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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