Patent ID: 7860922
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing an automatic wireless exchange of media content between mobile devices based on content preferences, the method comprising: enabling a first wireless device to recognize a second wireless device; establishing an application-level connection with the second wireless device; utilizing share directive data received from a user of the second wireless device to determine a shareable list of media content files located on the second wireless device; receiving, at the first wireless device, the shareable list of media content files from the second wireless device; determining, at the first wireless device, content preference information; checking each file on the shareable list of media content files for a qualification match against the content preference information to automatically determine, at the first wireless device, a desired list of media content files; and downloading, at the first wireless device, a media content file on the desired list of media content files from the second wireless device, wherein initiation of the media content file downloading is independent of any user input and occurs when: downloading, at the first wireless device, a file descriptor associated with a media content file on the desired list of media content files from the second wireless device, wherein initiation of the file descriptor downloading is independent of any user input and occurs when (i) the connection viability threshold is not met, or (ii) the file legitimacy threshold is not met.