Patent ID: 8290820

Claim:
A method for promoting the purchase of media content through documentation of community media encounters, said method comprising: receiving metadata from a first computing device associated with a first user, said metadata describing at least one media encounter experienced by the first user, said media encounter comprising a communication between the first computing device and a second computing device during which one or more media content items were provided to the first computing device by the second computing device upon co-location of the first computing device and the second computing device, said co-location occurring when the first computing device and the second computing device exist within a local communication region based on predetermined relatable characteristics common to the first user of the first computing device and a second user associated with the second computing device, said metadata describing the media content items, wherein the first computing device is a portable communication device and the second computing device is a portable computing device associated with the second user; creating a plurality of actionable elements based on the received metadata for association with each of the media content items provided to the first computing device by the second computing device during the communication, each of the actionable elements providing the user with a purchase opportunity for the associated media content item; presenting the created, actionable elements to the user; receiving a selection of one or more of the presented, actionable elements; and enabling the user to purchase the media content items corresponding to the received selection of actionable elements from the second computing device.