Apparatus and method for transferring files from one machine to another using adjacent desktop displays in a virtual network
First Claim
1. A method of sharing files between a plurality of non-physically connected computers comprising the steps of:
- electronically connecting a first machine to a second machine by a virtual network;
using a graphical user interface at the first machine, simultaneously displaying a first machine desktop and a second machine desktop; and
dragging a selected file icon from the second machine desktop to the first machine desktop, so that a copy of the file represented by the selected file icon is simultaneously electronically transferred from the second machine to the first machine.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for transferring files between a plurality of computers in a virtual network is disclosed. The present invention allows the selective transference of files between designated computers in a virtual network. The computers contain a VNRS program that allows a computer to display another computer'"'"'s desktop next to its own. Although the two computers are not physically connected, the present invention allows files to be transferred from the first computer to the second computer and vice versa by merely dragging and dropping icons from one desktop to another.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of sharing files between a plurality of non-physically connected computers comprising the steps of:
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electronically connecting a first machine to a second machine by a virtual network;
using a graphical user interface at the first machine, simultaneously displaying a first machine desktop and a second machine desktop; and
dragging a selected file icon from the second machine desktop to the first machine desktop, so that a copy of the file represented by the selected file icon is simultaneously electronically transferred from the second machine to the first machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A programmable apparatus for sharing files between a plurality of non-physically connected computers comprising:
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programmable hardware comprising;
a first computer; and
a second computer;
a virtual network connecting said first computer and said second computer;
a program installed on said first computer and said second computer;
a selected file in said second computer;
wherein said first computer is directed by said program to display a graphical user interface having a first screen portion displaying a first computer desktop and a second screen portion displaying a second computer desktop; and
wherein, responsive to movement of a file icon on the second computer desktop to a location on the second computer desktop, a copy of the selected file is transferred from the second computer to the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable memory for sharing files between a plurality of non-physically connected computers comprising:
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a first computer and a second computer electronically connected to each other by a virtual network;
the first computer having a first computer readable storage medium;
a computer program stored in said storage medium;
the second computer having a second computer readable storage medium;
a file stored in said second computer readable storage medium;
the first computer readable storage medium, so configured by said computer program, causes the first computer to display a graphical user interface having a first screen portion displaying a first computer desktop and a second screen portion displaying a second computer desktop; and
responsive to movement of a file icon on the second computer desktop to a location on the second computer desktop, a copy of the selected file is transferred from the second computer to the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for sharing files between a plurality of non-physically connected computers, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of:
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connecting a first computer and a second computer by a virtual network;
executing instructions from the first computer, simultaneously displaying a first machine desktop and a second machine desktop; and
responsive to dragging a selected file icon from the second machine desktop to the first machine desktop, executing instructions from the second computer to copy the file represented by the file icon and electronically transfer the file from the second machine to the first machine.
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15. A method of transferring a file between two computers in a virtual network comprising:
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connecting a plurality of computers together in a virtual network;
identifying a file on a first computer;
identifying a target destination on a second computer;
transferring a file from said first computer to said second computer;
wherein a display device displays the desktop of the first computer next to the desktop of the second computer; and
wherein the sole means of communication between said first computer and said second computer is through a virtual network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A graphical user interface for transferring files from a first computer to a second computer comprising:
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responsive to selecting a desktop view tab, said graphical user interface displays a first computer desktop window and a second computer desktop window; and
wherein when a file icon is dragged from the first computer desktop window and dropped on the second computer desktop window, the file represented by the file icon is electronically transferred from the first computer to the second computer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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