Patent ID: 8150929

Claim:
A method for transferring a media asset from a sender to a recipient, the method comprising: receiving and storing, by a media transport service implemented on a transport computer system, a sender-side file transport profile from a sender, the sender being a first media service implemented on a first computer system, the sender-side file transport profile including information required to read media assets from an outbox location of the sender; receiving and storing, by the media transport service, a recipient-side file transport profile from a recipient, the recipient being a second media service implemented on a second computer system, the recipient-side file transport profile including information required to write media assets to an inbox location of the recipient; subsequently to receiving and storing, by the media transport service, the sender-side file transport profile and the recipient-side file transport profile, receiving transaction parameters from the sender, the transaction parameters including identification of a specific media asset to be transported and identification of the recipient as a destination for the media asset; obtaining, by the media transport service, the specific media asset, wherein obtaining the media asset includes reading the media asset from the outbox location of the sender in accordance with the transaction parameters and the stored sender-side file transport profile; and transporting, by the media transport service, the specific media asset to recipient, wherein transporting the media asset includes writing the media asset to the inbox location of the recipient in accordance with the transaction parameters and the stored recipient-side file transport profile, wherein the transaction parameters further include a time window for delivery of the specific media asset and wherein the act of transporting is performed such that the specific media asset is written to the inbox location of the recipient within the time window.