Patent ID: 9614802
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for a content server to provide access to a content item, the method comprising: receiving, by the content server from a sending portable communications device distinct from the content server, the content item and a specification of a content-sharing zone, wherein an initial size of the content-sharing zone is set based on at least one of a current location of the sending portable communications device and activity of a sending user of the sending portable communications device, and wherein the content-sharing zone evolves by changing in location such that the content-sharing zone follows the sending portable communications device as the sending portable communications device moves; receiving, by the content server from a receiving portable communications device distinct from the content server, a request comprising a location of the receiving portable communications device; and if the received location of the receiving portable communications device is within the content-sharing zone as defined at a time of the content server receiving the request, then sending, by the content server to the receiving portable communications device, the content item.