Patent ID: 9432373
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for authorizing access to content stored on a local cloud, the method comprising: receiving, at a librarian service operating on a master device, a request from a first device to provide a third device with access to the content stored on a second device, wherein: receiving, at the librarian service from the second device, an indication that the third device associated with the second user account is authorized to access the content stored on the second device; determining, at the librarian service, whether the third device associated with the second user account is known to the librarian service, wherein said determining involves determining whether the third device has been made available to the librarian service to form another local cloud; when the third device associated with the second user account is determined to be known to the librarian service: providing by the librarian service, addressing information for the local cloud to the third device associated with the second user account, wherein the addressing information is used by the third device to connect to the local cloud to gain access to the content stored on the second device.