Patent ID: 8407746

Claim:
A method for disseminating media content between portable media devices, the method comprising: transferring media content from a first portable media device to a second portable media device, wherein: the first portable media device is associated with a first user; the media content is processed for transfer and subsequently transferred from the first portable media device to the second portable media device upon selecting the media content for transfer user, wherein processing the media content comprises: formatting the media content for the second portable media device; applying or maintaining digital rights management controls to the media content; applying a signature identifying the content provider; and applying a signature identifying the first portable media device; and the second portable media device is associated with a second user; transmitting, from the second portable media device directly to the first portable media device, a first electronic record comprising information about the reception of the media content by the second portable media device and identifying the media content and a user of the second portable media device; and providing a second electronic record to a content provider from the first portable media device, the second electronic record comprising the first electronic record.