Patent ID: 8909810
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A multimedia content sharing system, comprising A. a shared content server storing a plurality of items of content, where the stored items of content are any of still, moving images and audio, B. a plurality of nodes, each in communication coupling with the shared content server via one or more networks, C. the shared content server transmitting, via the one or more networks, D. at least one said node (“first peer node”) in at least one of the first and second sets of nodes, (i) presenting any of visually and/or aurally the content of at least one item of content received from the shared content server, (ii) accepting user feedback with respect to that item of content, the user feedback reflecting user input regarding the item of content, and (iii) transmitting that user feedback to the shared content server, E. the shared content server transmitting the user feedback to at least one node (“second peer node”) that is in the set of nodes to which the first peer node belongs without retransmission of the article of content with respect to which the user feedback was accepted, which second peer node alters a presentation on that node of that item of content as stored on the local store associated therewith based on that user feedback.