Patent ID: 8838836

Claim:
A method for sharing digital information, the method comprising: at a first local area network (LAN)-based embedded device, inviting a second LAN-based embedded device to share digital information between the first and second LAN-based embedded devices, wherein said inviting comprises: at the first LAN-based embedded device, receiving an identifier of a second mobile device from a first mobile device or from the second mobile device; at the first LAN-based embedded device, transmitting to the second mobile device a first wide area network (WAN) Internet protocol (IP) address and first access credential of the first LAN-based embedded device; at the second LAN-based embedded device, receiving the first WAN IP address and first access credential from the second mobile device; and at the second LAN-based embedded device, transmitting to the first LAN-based embedded device a second WAN IP address and second access credential of the second LAN-based embedded device; synchronizing the digital information between the first and second LAN-based embedded devices; and maintaining communication between the first LAN-based embedded device and the second LAN-based embedded device.