Patent ID: 8805775
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling receipt of content available over a network, said system comprising: a data store for storing one or more items of content received over said network; a transmission-detection component to monitor a broadcast channel to detect a multi-cast communicating items of media content over said network, wherein said broadcast channel delivers said items of media content to a plurality of client devices residing in a specific cell or sector, wherein transmission of said multi-cast is initiated in response to a request by one of said plurality of client devices requesting an on-demand transmission of one of said items of media content to the one requesting client device and wherein the on-demand transmission request initiates said multi-cast which delivers requested content to the client device that transmitted said request and to one or more additional devices that did not invite transmission of said requested content; a content-selection component configured to utilize user-defined preferences to determine whether to receive and store at least one of said items of media content communicated by said multi-cast, wherein said user-defined preferences include preferences regarding storing of uninvited media content, wherein received items of content are added to said one or more items of content stored in said data store; and an interface component configured to receive a user input requesting presentation of at least one of said one or more items of content stored in said data store.