Content distribution and synchronization techniques and devices
US8331861B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/52
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mobile device wirelessly detects another device that is proximate. The mobile device provides to the other device identifications of which content from a particular content source is stored by the mobile device. The mobile device provides to the other device content from the particular source that is stored by the mobile device but not the other device, and receives from the other device content from the particular source that is stored by the other device but not by the mobile device, so that upon conclusion of an interaction between the mobile device and the other device, each device comprises all of the content from the particular content source originally comprised en toto between the two devices.
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