Patent ID: 9398332
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: storing, by a media client device, content; storing, by the media client device, a copy count that indicates a quantity of copies of a first content, of the content, that are checked out from the media client device; receiving, by the media client device, a request to provide a first copy of the first content to a requesting device; determining, by the media client device, that the copy count is greater than or equal to a threshold count, sending, by the media client device, client device information to the requesting device based on the copy count being greater than or equal to the threshold count, receiving, by the media client device, a check-in response from the client device that checks in the second copy of the first content; updating, by the media client device, the copy count based on the second copy of the first content being checked in; and providing, by the media client device, the first copy of the first content to the requesting device based on the updated copy count satisfying the threshold count.