System and method for encrypting and rewarding users for sharing streaming media between mobile devices over an ad-hoc network

摘要

A processor-implemented method includes: acknowledging, using a first affiliator identifier obtained from content assigned the first affiliator identifier, an application from a user other than an owner of the content for the same type of content as the accessed content, an affiliator identifier being used to identify an affiliator for the purpose of providing affiliate service, embedding, in the content provided to the other user, a second affiliator identifier identifying the other user; providing the content assigned the second affiliator identifier to the other user; and identifying an affiliator owning the content assigned the first affiliator identifier, based on the first affiliator identifier.

主权项

1. A method of providing identifier-assigned content, comprising:
receiving, at a content provider server and over a network, a request from a first user of a first terminal device to purchase a content item, the request including a first affiliator identifier of the first user; digitally combining the content item and the first affiliator identifier together such that the content item and the first affiliator identifier are assigned to one another, and locking the content item with a key such that the first terminal device may unlock the content item for playback; transmitting the combined content item and first affiliator identifier to the first terminal device over the network such that the first user may cause the first terminal device to unlock the content item and play back the content item on the first terminal device within a view and/or hearing range of a second user of a second terminal device; receiving, at the content provider server and over a network, a request for a key to unlock the content item from the second terminal device operated by the second user, wherein the request includes identification of the content item, the first affiliator identifier, and a second affiliator identifier of the second user, and wherein the user requests the content item in response to: (i) an automatic, direct, wireless ad hoc connection between the first terminal device and the second terminal device, without operation of other devices, and in response to the second terminal device coming within range of the first terminal device and the first user playing back the content item on the first terminal device; and (ii) the first terminal device automatically streaming, and the second terminal device automatically receiving, the content item from the first terminal device, such that the second user is provided with a one-time, limited opportunity to view and/or listen to the content item during the ad-hoc connection without requiring that the second terminal device unlock the content item with the key; embedding, at the content provider server, the second affiliator identifier into the key and sending the embedded key to the second terminal device over the network in response to the request so that the embedded key is available to the second user to unlock and execute the content item within the second terminal device; and using at the content provider server, the first affiliator identifier provided in the request to identify the first user and to provide the first user with a reward for causing the second user to request the key to unlock the content.