Patent ID: 8620207

Claim:
A method for distributing content to at least one device contiguous to a user, said method comprising: transmitting, by a user of a first device, a signal to forward content selected by said user to at least one contiguous device; wherein said content is resident on a source device not under the control of said user; wherein said at least one contiguous device is owned by another and not in a home system of said user, and said at least one contiguous device is in communication with said source device and not in a home system therewith; receiving, at said at least one contiguous device, said content from said source device; and playing, by said at least one contiguous device, said content, wherein said signal from said first device is a wireless signal, wherein said first device communicates with said source device using a frequency hopping protocol, and wherein said first device and said at least one contiguous device communicate across a wide area network.