US Patent 10951673 Distributed media content transfer and access management

A personal electronic device includes non-volatile data storage media and control circuitry configured to establish a first connection with a remote media content management server over a first communication network, receive media content item from the media content management server over the first communication network, temporarily store the media content in the non-volatile data storage media, establish a second connection with a network access terminal of a media delivery system associated with a vehicle over a second communication network using, transfer the media content from the non-volatile data storage media to the media delivery system over the second communication network, and after said transferring the at least a portion of the media content item, delete the at least a portion of the media content from the non-volatile data storage media.