Patent ID: 7710349

Claim:
A method for sharing multimedia application data by a plurality of communication devices, the method comprising: a) establishing respective short-range wireless communication links from a plurality of communication devices to a data distribution device; b) informing the data distribution device of data that are offered for sharing by at least one of the plurality of communication devices; c) presenting on a display, by the data distribution device, an indication of the data offered for sharing by the at least one communication device; d) transmitting an information request from a second of the plurality of communication devices to the data distribution device, the information request identifying data that are requested for download to the second communication device; and e) transmitting the requested data to the second communication device via the data distribution device; wherein informing the data distribution device of the data that are offered for sharing comprises transmitting the data that are offered for sharing to the data distribution device and storing the data that are offered for sharing at the data distribution device; and wherein the data stored by the data distribution device are deleted if the communication link between the data distribution device and the at least one communication device is terminated.