MEDIA SHARING USING LOCAL APPLICATION

• US 20100049788A1
• Filed: 07/29/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: UNICOM Systems Incorporated (UNICOM Global, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Memeo
• Inventors: Bui, Hong Quang, Bandaru, Mohana Krishna
• Application Number:
  US12/511,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20100049788A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable

Abstract

A system includes a server and a source client executable on a first electronic device configured to be in communication over a network with the server.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a broker server, the broker server in communication over a network with at least one web-content server, the at least one web-content server configured to host a plurality of account-based sites; and

a source client executable on a first electronic device configured to be in communication over a network with the broker server, the first electronic device having stored thereon a plurality of electronic files, the source client configured to receive from a first user of the first electronic device a selection of a file of the plurality of files,

wherein the broker server is configured to provide, via the plurality of account-based sites, the selected file to at least one second user of the plurality of account-based sites in response to a single command by the first user and without requiring the first user to access any of the plurality of account-based sites using a browser application.

2. A method of transferring a computer program product from at least one first computer to at least one second computer connected to the at least one first computer through a communication medium, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) accessing, on the at least one first computer, computer-executable instructions that, when executed on a data-processing system having stored thereon a plurality of electronic files, enable the processing system to perform at least the steps of;

(1) receiving from a first user of the processing system a selection of a file of the plurality of files, and

(2) providing to a broker server a single command received from the first user, the broker server in communication over a network with at least one web-content server, the at least one web-content server configured to host a plurality of account-based sites, the single command operable to cause the broker server to provide, via the plurality of account-based sites, the selected file to at least one second user of the plurality of account-based sites without requiring the first user to access any of the plurality of account-based sites using a browser application; and

(b) transferring the computer-executable instructions from the at least one first computer to the at least one second computer through the communications medium.