Patent ID: 7496647

Claim:
A system supporting exchange of media, said system comprising: a first television in a first home; a first storage in the first home that stores the media; the first storage supporting consumption of the media by the first television in the first home, and having a first network address with respect to a first user in the first home; a user interface displayed on the first television in the first home, the user interface having at least one view comprising a representation of media available for consumption, the user interface supporting delivery of the media to a second home; a second television in the second home; a second storage supporting consumption of the media by the second television in the second home, and having a second network address with respect to a second user in the second home, wherein the second user is known to the first user; a communication network; and server software that maintains a user defined association of the first and second network addresses and that receives a request that identifies one of the associated first and second network addresses and responds by identifying the other of the associated first and second network addresses to support delivery via the communication network of the media from the first storage to the second home for consumption by the second television.