Patent ID: 7773976
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a telecommunications system having at least one network coupled among multiple mobile devices, wherein a content sharing system and a content provider are also coupled to the network, a method of limiting the sharing of content between a user and a recipient, wherein the content is shared using a share content message that is initiated by the user and that is to be received on a mobile device of the recipient, and wherein the share content message, when received, encourages the recipient to access the content using the mobile device, the method comprising: tracking a history of share content messages initiated by the user; in response to receiving a share content request from a device of the user, providing a recipient information form for display to the user, wherein the recipient information form includes a request for the user to designate one or more recipients to receive the share content message; receiving, over a network link associated with the network, user input information submitted by the user via the provided recipient information form, wherein the user input information identifies the one or more recipients; and determining whether to generate a share content message to send to the one or more recipients, wherein the determining is based on analyzing the received user input information and the history of share content requests initiated by the user to determine if a threshold for sharing content will be exceeded if one or more share content messages are generated as requested by the user.