Patent ID: 8972496
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of sharing content, comprising: receiving, at a first device, a request to share content, the content being available from a storage location other than the first device; generating, on the first device, at least one encoded information signal, the at least one encoded information signal including content identifier information and an error correction portion, the content identifier information identifying the content and the storage location from which the content is able to be accessed; generating a notification signal including an indication that the at least one encoded information signal is forthcoming; outputting the notification signal and the at least one encoded information signal from the first device to at least one second device at different times as audio signals; receiving, at the at least one second device within a range of the audio signals, the notification signal and the at least one encoded information signal; and at each of the at least one second device: wherein each of the at least one second device is operable to concurrently provide at least a second user with access to the content based upon at least one of the audio signals from the first device.