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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Applicant:
James Crawford, Belmont, MA (US);
Inventor:
James Crawford, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and techniques for transferring a file from a first client associated with a first subscriber to a communications system to a second client associated with a second subscriber to the communications system by connecting from the first client to a communications system host; sending, through the communications system host, a request to the second client to establish a direct connection to the second client; when the second client accepts the request, establishing a direct connection to the second client that bypasses the communications system host; and transferring a file over the direct connection.