US 7,522,675 B2
Digital content preview generation and distribution among peer devices
Arnold Sheynman, Glenview, Ill. (US); Robert Patzer, Lake Zurich, Ill. (US); and Kevin Mowry, Irving, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, Ill. (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/331,290.
Prior Publication US 2004/0128324 A1, Jul. 01, 2004
Int. Cl. H04L 27/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 375—295  [709/230; 709/231; 725/112; 725/118; 725/135] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transferring digital content in peer-to-peer communications between a first peer communications device and a second peer communications device, comprising:
selecting digital content stored on the first peer communications device,
generating a content preview, at the first peer communications device, from the digital content selected, the content preview generated based upon content transcoding information associated with content from which the content preview is generated,
the content transcoding information enabling generation of the content preview,
transmitting the content preview from the first peer communications device to the second peer communications device.