Patent ID: 8041784
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A central server (Appendix B, FIG. 1 ) for a hybrid peer-to-peer (P2P) content sharing system including, for a particular user, a primary user device (Appendix B, FIG. 1 , device A) comprising a primary sharing engine for sharing content stored on the primary user device and at least one secondary user device (Appendix B, FIG. 1 , devices B, C, and D) comprising a secondary sharing engine for obtaining and sharing at least one version of the content shared by the primary user device (Appendix B, page 5, lines 2-5), comprising: a) a communication interface communicatively coupling the central server to a network (Appendix B, b) a control system (Appendix B,