Patent ID: 8856961

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a first electronic device operated by a first user, a media file from a second electronic device, operated by a second user, equivalent to the first electronic device; storing the media file in a digital format on the first electronic device; checking, upon reception of the media file from the second electronic device, a copyright notice of the media file; and taking an action associated with the second user's copyright notice of the media file if the copyright notice is not found, wherein the action comprises: notifying the lack of copyright notice to the first user on a user interface of the first electronic device; providing the first user with a menu of one or more actions relating to the processing of the copyright notice of the media file, wherein the menu of one or more actions comprises at least one of the following: inserting into the media file the copyright notice of the second user; inserting into the media file the copyright notice selected by the first user; and leaving the copyright notice out of the media file; and performing the one or more actions based on input received from the first user.