| 摘要 |
<p>A system for peer-to-peer access to a collection of data is disclosed, comprising a music box (50) operatively connected to a persistent data store (52), the persistent data store (52) containing a plurality of data files of a predetermined data format, the data files further secured from unauthorized access; a controller (56); a data communication interface (14,54), operatively connected to the controller (56); and software (60) executing in the controller (56), the software (60) capable of identifying other systems (50) executing the software (60), allowing peer-to-peer sharing of the data files with the identified other systems (50) where the sharing is restricted to the identified other systems (50), and allowing users of the software (60) to manipulate the data files. In an exemplary embodiment, a plurality of data files are preloaded onto the persistent data store (52) from a larger set of data files; system (50) access to a peer-to-peer network of other like systems (50) is initialized and other systems (50) available on the peer-to-peer network identified; data files and their locations identified to systems (50); and a user with appropriate access rights is allowed to catalog the data files available on the identified systems (50) and optionally select a data file from the plurality of data files identified on the peer-to-peer network such as for sampling or downloading.</p> |
