Patent ID: 8881204

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a storage device configured to store information, including media files, corresponding to one or more users registered with the apparatus; a processor operably connected to the storage device, the processor configured to: allow communication between the apparatus and a second apparatus associated with one registered user of the one or more users registered with the apparatus; query the second apparatus to determine the presence of other potential registered users within short-range communication with the second apparatus; based on the determination that one or more potential users are within short-range communication with the second apparatus, receive identification information from the second apparatus based on the query, the identification information associated with the other potential registered users within short-range communication with the second apparatus; based on the identification information received from the second apparatus, determine which of the potential registered users are actually registered users of the apparatus; and grant access to the user of the second apparatus to one or more media files, stored on the apparatus, associated with the other actual registered users within short-range communication with the second apparatus.