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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

May. 23, 2012
Applicants:

Anuraag Agrawal, Bellevue, WA (US);

Bryan Sullivan, Sammamish, WA (US);

Inventors:

Anuraag Agrawal, Bellevue, WA (US);

Bryan Sullivan, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 12/10 (2009.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/585 (2013.01); H04W 12/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/5895 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Sharing content among users of mobile devices is facilitated and controlled by a system and method that employs a content sharing application to receive and process requests to share content among users of devices such as mobile devices and personal computers. Recipients receive share content messages from the content sharing application indicating that they have been selected to access shared content. Such messages may provide direct or indirect access to the shared content via the recipient mobile device. Recipients can specify privacy management schemes to limit or control the receipt of such messages. The content sharing application may also provide various spam filtering techniques that prevent users from abusing the system, including restricting the number or type of requests to share content that may be effectuated over time.


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