CONTENT DISTRIBUTION USING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention enable users to allocate resources on their client devices according to relationships with other users. Resources include content such as games or movies. In one embodiment, a content provider directs a requesting device to a peer device that has access to the requested content. When users are in a social relationship, the users' devices are said to be socially affiliated. A user's social network is a collection of the user's electronic relationships with other people. Embodiments of the present invention allow users to establish sharing preferences for one or more client devices. In general, a sharing preference gives an individual preferential access to a user's computing resources on the one or more client devices. The access is preferential when compared to access given to nonsocially affiliated computing devices.

主权项

1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computing device perform a method of allocating computing resources based on social relationships, the method comprising:
establishing a sharing preference for a client device's computing resources that gives preferential leeching access to devices that are socially affiliated with the client device through a user's social network; receiving, from a leech device, a request for access to a computing resource associated with the client device; determining that the leech device is socially affiliated with the client device; and providing access to the computing resource according to the sharing preference.