Patent ID: 7080124
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In a server, a method of operation comprising: receiving information from a first user identifying a second user as a resource sharing partner, the first and second users being a subset of a plurality of users who each login to the server to exchange digital media resources; receiving information from the second user identifying the first user as a resource sharing partner; receiving one or more digital media resources uploaded by at least one of said first and second users; generating at least one meta-data file to describe at least a subset of the one or more digital media resources, the generated meta-data files including one or more indications of resource sharing partner users who uploaded the digital media resources; storing the at least one meta-data file in association with the one or more digital media resources described; and relaying the one or more digital media resources to the first user if the one or more digital media resources were uploaded by the second user, and relaying the one or more digital media resources to the second user if the one or more digital media resources were uploaded by the first user.