Patent ID: 8862781
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a media distribution system comprising at least one first computing device, from a second computing device operated by a user, a demonstration that the user has permission to reproduce a content data, the demonstration comprising an indication that the content data is stored on the second computing device in a first data format, the demonstration further comprising an identifier for the content data that identifies the content data regardless of data format, the content data comprising audio and/or video content; receiving at the media distribution system, from a third computing device operated by the user, a request for the content data, the request comprising the identifier that identifies the content data regardless of data format; in response to receiving the request, confirming that the user has permission to reproduce the content data; and in response to confirming that the user has permission to reproduce the content data, transmitting the content data from the media distribution system to the third computing device in a second data format different from the first data format.