MARKING SOUGHT AFTER CONTENT ITEMS ON NETWORK MEDIA DEVICES

摘要

According to preferred embodiments of the invention, a system, method and computer program product for a computer program product for marking and acquiring sought after content are provided. Preferred embodiments include a method comprising inserting a first desired content ID for a desired content item in a content directory for a first device in a network of media devices. The content directories of the devices in the network include content IDs of content present in the device, and also content IDs of content desired for the devices. Content directories of the other devices in the network are compared to determine if any of the other devices have a content directory containing the first desired content ID. For devices having the first desired content ID in its content directory, a determination is made of whether the desired content is present in the other device, and if the desired content is present in the other device, a copy of the desired content is transferred to the first device.