Patent ID: 8739300

Claim:
A method of distributing content files maintained on a first device in a secured network, the secured network including at least the first device, an intermediate device, and a second device, each device being located at a different tier of the secured network, the method comprising: at the second device, receiving a file privilege file maintained on the first device via a connection in the secured network, wherein the file privilege file includes distribution information for the file privilege file and content files to be distributed in the secured network, including a list of at least an intermediate device and second device to receive the file privilege file; at the second device, receiving a content file based on the file privilege file using a stateless protocol via a connection in the secured network; at the first device, modifying the file privilege file with distribution information for at least a modified content file to produce an updated file privilege file; at the intermediate device, requesting transmission of the updated file privilege file from a server module on the first device by a client module on the intermediate device using a stateless protocol via a connection in the secured network; at the first device, transferring the updated file privilege file, via the server module on the first device, to the intermediate device in response to the request by the intermediate device using a stateless protocol via a connection in the secured network; at the second device, requesting transmission of the updated file privilege file from a server module on the intermediate device by a client module on the second device using a stateless protocol via a connection in the secured network; at the intermediate device, transferring the updated file privilege file from the intermediate device, via the server module on the intermediate device, to the second device in response to the request by the second device; and at the second device receiving the modified content file based on the updated file privilege file using a stateless protocol via a connection in the secured network.