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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2008
Applicants:

Charles B. Zapata, Redmond, WA (US);

Daniel J. Shapiro, Seattle, WA (US);

Brian Schultz, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Charles B. Zapata, Redmond, WA (US);

Daniel J. Shapiro, Seattle, WA (US);

Brian Schultz, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Photobucket Corporation, Denver, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods for enhancing the exchange of data, particularly media data, among remote locations. In one embodiment, instructions are added to a delivered media message. The instructions are such as to control the processing of the media at the receiving device as well as controlling response messages. This then allows a sending device to enable a return connection from the target location thereby facilitating the return to the sending device of data. The retuned data can be specified by the sender, by the target or by a combination of them. In one embodiment, a intermediary server is used to control the data flow across the network.


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