Patent ID: 7925244

Claim:
A method for publishing and sharing media files, the method comprising: pre-selecting a media file from a collection of media files on a publisher wireless communication terminal for publication; thereafter making the selected media file a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from the publisher wireless communication terminal; thereafter receiving a discovery request issued from a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files; automatically establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request; automatically sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request; sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file; automatically sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request; executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal; and prior to receiving the discovery request, placing the publisher wireless communication terminal in a publisher mode and awaiting the discovery request from the requestor wireless communication terminal.