Patent ID: 9710661
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for sharing content, comprising: detecting, by a first device, a selection for content to be shared; during an absence of an active communication session between a first user of the first device and a second user of a target device, publishing, by the first device to the target device, presence information including: receiving, by the peripheral device, a message from the target device indicative of a request for downloading the selected content, and transmitting, by the peripheral device that received the message, the selected content to the target device; executing a messaging application and displaying a contact list screen thereof at the first device; selecting the at least one target device by selecting a target contact from the contact list screen, wherein the contact list contains a plurality of other target contacts besides the selected contact; and publishing presence information to each of the other target contacts which excludes the indication of the peripheral device, whereby the selected content is not downloadable to the other target contacts.