Patent ID: 7941824
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a media file, comprising: at a source set-top box, identifying the media file and receiving a request to add a destination set-top box to a contact list of a user; then transmitting a request to the destination set-top box to validate the request to add the destination set-top box to the contact list; receiving a response from the destination set-top box responsive to the request that was transmitted, the response that was received comprising a denial or an acceptance; adding the destination set-top box to the contact list when the response that was received is an acceptance and not adding the destination set-top box to the contact list when the response that was received is a denial; receiving the media file that was identified and an identification of the destination set-top box for the media file that was identified from the source set-top box having an associated Internet protocol address at a server device, when the response that was received was an acceptance from the destination set-top box that was identified; and transmitting the media file that was received from the server device to the destination set-top box in an Internet protocol television multimedia format.