Patent ID: 7895445
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: causing, at least in part, receiving, by a processor, resource selections and content-sharing characteristics from a packet-communicating device associated with a registered user via a packet-based user interface, wherein the content-sharing characteristics includes data specifying a period of time during which content is available for sharing; in response to the resource selections, creating, by the processor, a share that designates content-sharing characteristics by generating an electronic key that specifies resources that are the subject of the received resource selections, and associating a unique identifier with the key, the unique identifier identifying an agent via which access to the specified resources can be made; generating, by the processor, a unique authentication for the key and assigning the generated authentication to the key; creating, by the processor, an electronic token bearing the key, the unique identifier and the unique authentication for use by a remote packet-communicating device as a function of the share characteristics; selectively initiating authentication of the token as a function of the unique authentication to facilitate access, by the remote user's packet-communicating device, to the requested content via the registered user's packet-communicating device as a function of the resources specified by the key in the token; and selectively constructing an authentication cookie to permit access to the requested content by a remote appliance.