Patent ID: 8990426
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing an electronic transaction, comprising: presenting an offer on a communications device to conduct the electronic transaction, the offer presented during a programming event occurring on the communications device, the programming event including content presented by a content provider over a media channel, the presenting the offer including presenting the offer in conjunction with the content; and in response to an acceptance of the offer by the communications device: determining a media file type associated with a subject of the offer; presenting notification, via a user interface at the communications device, of another communications device that is compatible with the media file type associated with the subject of the offer; receiving, from the communications device, a selection comprising the other communications device; retrieving, from an account record associated with the communications device, a network address for the other communications device, each of the communications device and the other communications device in the account record associated with a pre-defined community of users, wherein the presenting notification of another communications device that is compatible with the media file type is implemented in response to identifying the media file type listed in the account record for the other communications device; and executing the electronic transaction on the other communications device via the network address, the electronic transaction comprising transmitting a media file having the media file type.