Patent ID: 9740697
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer readable storage device for managing subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across networks, the computer readable storage device comprising: first program instructions to receive preferences from a sending client and a receiving client; second program instructions to receive content in a first media type over a network; third program instructions to transcode the content in the first media type in order for the receiving client to view content in a second media type when resources are available on the sending client based on the preferences including a media size limit, a list of best times to receive the content in the second media type, a media format (media type) for the receiving client to receive the content in the second media type, and a type of transcoding operation; fourth program instructions to send the content in the second media type different from the first media type or a reference to the content in the second media type, to the receiving client and to a device of the receiving client in accordance with at least one preference of the receiving client; fifth program instructions to notify at least the receiving client that the content in the second media type is to be received by the device of the receiving client; and sixth program instructions to notify, by an agent, the sending client that the receiving client has at least one of received a notification of the content and received the content in the second media type, wherein: the preferences include at least the media size limit, the list of best times to receive the content in the second media type, the media format (media type) for the receiving client to receive the content in the second media type, and the type of transcoding operation, and the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device.