US Patent:
20190253833, Aug 15, 2019
Inventors:
- Santa Monica CA, US
Evan RIFKIN - Pacific Palisades CA, US
Steve Lackenby - Topanga CA, US
Alex Pronin - Calabasas CA, US
David Hopkins - Santa Monica CA, US
International Classification:
H04W 4/021
H04W 4/21
H04L 29/08
Abstract:
There is disclosed herein a non-volatile machine-readable medium storing a program, a system and method for enabling proximity-based, peer-to-peer sharing of media in which a first device having a wireless communication surrounding the device detects other wireless devices within the region. Communication connections are formed between the wireless devices and a list of the authenticated connections is maintained. Without input from a user, media is shared between the individual devices on the authenticated connections list and a remote server, subject to permissions pre-set by the individual devices. Devices not included in the list of authenticated connections are blocked from accessing the media. Access to the media is available for a period of time, after which time access to the media is blocked for all devices.