Patent ID: 8725838

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: storing, at a first device, content to be shared; receiving, at the first device, sharing information from a second device, the sharing information including data for uniquely identifying the content, wherein the sharing information is received at the first device within an allowable time period from an audible signal being transmitted from the second device to a third device, the sharing information being received via a signal separate from the audible signal, the audible signal being hearable by a human ear and including the data for uniquely identifying the content; receiving, at the first device, a request from the third device to access the content, the request including the data for uniquely identifying the content, wherein the request is received from the third device subsequent to the audible signal being transmitted from the second device to the third device; determining that the content is accessible to the third device based, at least in part, on the request; identifying the content based, at least in part, on the data for uniquely identifying the content included in the sharing information and in the request; and providing the third device with access to the content.