Patent ID: 8589986

Claim:
A system for sharing content on an internet protocol TV (IPTV) system comprising: one or more first display devices, displaying content; a content server device including contents for display on the one or more first display devices; one or more second display devices at selected recipients, each second display device having at least a selectable list of recipients, associated with the IPTV system, for sharing the content; and a server device that receives a request to share content and a list of selected recipients to share the content therewith, the server device including: a mapping device mapping all recipients in the selected list of recipients with at least one first display device associated with each selected recipient such that the content is available to the selected recipients, and a notifying device notifying the first display device of the selected recipients that content is available for viewing on the recipient's first display device; wherein when content to be shared are IPTV content, the second display device of the selected recipients are not capable of previewing the content before the second display device of the recipient sends the content to the recipient's first display device, which is independent of the second display device.