Patent ID: 8768788
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-executed method comprising: detecting, by a media server, a computing device within a predefined proximity, said computing device being associated with a user; establishing, by the media server, a wireless connection to the detected computing device; transmitting, by the media server, one or more media content items to the detected computing device via the established wireless connection responsive to said detecting the computing device; transmitting, by the media server, metadata associated with the transmitted media content items to the detected computing device via the established wireless connection; providing a subsequent purchase opportunity to the user to purchase the transmitted media content items via the transmitted metadata, said subsequent purchase opportunity being provided independent of the predefined proximity; associating a digital rights management policy including an expiration date with the purchased media content items; transmitting the purchased media content items with the associated digital rights management policy associated therewith to the portable computing device for storage thereon until the expiration date; wherein transmitting the media content items to the detected computing device comprises streaming the media content items to the detected computing device while the computing device is within the predefined proximity.