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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2011
Michael Wayne Brown, Georgetown, TX (US);
Michael A. Paolini, Austin, TX (US);
Newton James Smith, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Cornell G. Wright, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Michael Wayne Brown, Georgetown, TX (US);
Michael A. Paolini, Austin, TX (US);
Newton James Smith, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Cornell G. Wright, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A second player detects a first player locally broadcasting an electronic work. The second player accepts a distribution cookie from the first player at the second player with the broadcast of the electronic work. The second player updates the distribution cookie with tracking information about the broadcast of the electronic work to the second player. The second player updates the distribution cookie with a plurality of electronic work ratings of a plurality of electronic works by a recipient at the second player. The second player, responsive to detecting a network connection provides the distribution cookie to a tracking server enabled to analyze the distribution cookie.