Patent ID: 9026605
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: storing identification information of a digital file associated with a first user of a social networking system; receiving a request from a second user of the social networking system for the digital file, the second user connected to the first user by a social networking relationship within the social networking system, the social networking relationship represented by a social map comprising interactions and shared experiences between the second user and the first user; responsive to receiving the request from the second user, causing the digital file to be transferred from a third-party source of the digital file to a device of the second user, the third-party source external to the social networking system; storing accounting information indicating a price discount for the transfer of the digital file to the second user; and determining a price owed by the second user to the third-party source for the transfer of the digital file to the second user, the price determined based at least on the accounting information.