Patent ID: 8775548

Claim:
One or more computer-readable storage media (“media”) not a signal per se having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of sharing an item that resides on a first computing device, the method comprising: receiving, at the first computing device, an indication to share the item with a second computing device having a computing device identifier; modifying a security descriptor of the item to comprise the computing device identifier of the second computing device; providing a copy of the item to a remote sharing service that permits the second computing device to access the copy of the item based on the computing device identifier of the second computing device, wherein the computing device identifier of the second computing device is generated by the remote sharing service; and providing the second computing device access to the copy of the item based on modifying the security descriptor associated with the item to comprise the computing device identifier of the second computing device, wherein access to the item is provided by way of a local area network (LAN) that facilitates communication between the second computing device and the first computing device such that accessibility to the items is limited to the second computing device and limited to sessions where the first computing device and second computing device are connected to each other over the LAN.