CONNECTING DEVICES TO MULTIMEDIA SHARING SERVICE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G06F15/16 H04N21/20 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: multimedia content purchasing system comprising: a memory area associated with a multimedia service; a multimedia server connected to the multimedia service via a data communication network; a portable computing device associated with a user; and a processor associated with the portable computing device, said processor being configured to execute computer-executable instructions for: establishing a connection to the multimedia server when the multimedia server and the portable computing device are within a predefined proximity; authenticating the multimedia server and the user with respect to the authenticated multimedia server; transmitting digital content distribution criteria; receiving, in response, promotional copies of one or more of the multimedia content items and associated metadata; and purchasing, when the multimedia server and the portable computing device are outside the predefined proximity, at least one of said one or more multimedia content items.

EFFECT: enabling flexible sharing of multimedia content between subjects.

17 cl, 9 dwg