Method and system for proxy-based file sharing

• US 20070016680A1
• Filed: 06/30/2005
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bau, David, Chavez, Roderick, Burd, Gary
• Application Number:
  US11/173,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20070016680A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1063 Discovery through centralising entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1091 Interfacing with client-server systems or between P2P systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for proxy-based file sharing is described. The method comprises establishing a peer to peer connection with a remote client through a server using a file sharing application at the remote client, generating a document having a network address, receiving a file from the remote client through the file sharing application, posting the received file on the document, and sending the document with the posted file to a second remote client. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

establishing a peer to peer connection with a remote client through a server using a file sharing application at the remote client;

generating a document having a network address;

receiving a file from the remote client through the file sharing application;

posting the received file on the document; and

sending the document with the posted file to a second remote client.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the server comprises an Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the file is selected from the group including a graphics file, a music file, and a video file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the document comprises a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the document further comprises sending a preview of the document.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the document further comprises receiving a request from the second remote client through a web browser.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising sending the network address to the second remote client.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating a browser interface to the second remote client that emulates the features of the file sharing application.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving a file from the second remote client to share with the first remote client through the browser interface.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a real-time communication connection between the first and second remote clients in order to initiate the peer to peer connection.

11. A system comprising:

means for establishing a real-time communication connection between a first remote client and a second remote client through a first server to enable file sharing between the first and second remote clients;

means for establishing a peer to peer connection between the first remote client and a second server through the first server by utilizing a file sharing application at the first remote client;

means for receiving a file from the file sharing application of the first remote client at the second server through the peer to peer connection;

means for posting the received file on a document generated at the second server; and

means for sending the document with the posted file from the second server to the second remote client.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first server comprises an Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) server.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the means for sending the document further comprises means for sending a network address associated with the document to the second remote client.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising means for generating a browser interface for the second remote client that emulates the features of the file sharing application.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the file is selected from the group including a graphics file, a music file, and a video file.

16. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sets of instruction which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

establish a real-time communication connection between a first remote client and a second remote client to enable file sharing between the first and second remote clients; and

receive a document at the first remote client from a server with a peer to peer connection with the second remote client;

wherein the document includes a file sent to the server from the second remote client to be shared with the first remote client.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the server comprises an Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) server.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the file is selected from the group including a graphics file, a music file, and a video file.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the document comprises a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) page.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the set of instructions which, when executed by the machine, further cause the machine to view the document using a browser interface at the first remote client.