Systems and Methods for Temporarily Sharing Audio Over a Network

摘要

Systems and methods presented herein may allow a sending user to stream audio to recipients without providing a permanent audio file, facilitating sharing of audio while retaining control over the audio file and reducing the chances of users copying the file. The sending user may specify number of plays, duration of time audio will be available for streaming, and the number of times the audio can be re-shared in one embodiment. The sending user and recipients may all execute a common client software on their computing devices that causes the computing devices to delete the audio when the streaming is complete and detect attempts to copy the audio at the device.

主权项

1. A system for temporarily sharing audio, the system comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions; a communication interface that receives a selected audio file and sharing selections that are selected by a sending user regarding the sharing of that audio file, the sharing selections including:
a recipient selection of a plurality of recipients with permission to listen to the selected audio file, anda restriction on the plurality of recipients listening to the audio file; and a processor in communication with the interface and the computer-readable medium, wherein the processor executes the instructions to perform stages including:
translating the audio file into a stream format;sending a message to a first recipient user included in the recipient selection regarding listening to audio associated with the audio file;receiving a request from the first recipient user to listen to the audio associated with the audio file, the request including;verifying the first recipient user can listen to the audio by at least:
receiving a unique key from the user;verifying a software client version based on the unique key; andchecking a database for at least one record regarding a listening history of the recipient user;in response to the verification, sending a first portion of the audio to the user; andautomatically deleting the audio file after a period of time.