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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Walter M. Marcinkiewicz, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Walter M. Marcinkiewicz, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
The present invention provides a reward-based process where sharing mobile devices receive a reward for sharing access to media content with one or more requesting mobile devices. A requesting mobile device asks the wireless communication system for access to media content via a sharing mobile device. A content provider identifies a sharing mobile device with the desired media content to the requesting mobile device. Subsequently, the requesting mobile device requests and receives access to the desired media content via the sharing mobile device. An accounting unit associated with the content provider accrues a reward for a user of the sharing mobile device that rewards the user for providing the requesting mobile device with access to the media content.