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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:
Jan. 22, 2013

Filed:

May. 06, 2010
Applicants:

John Thornton, Redmond, WA (US);

Ojiakonobi Udezue, Redmond, WA (US);

Rodger Benson, Seattle, WA (US);

Jennifer Shen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Dave Citron, Redmond, WA (US);

Tatjana Fournier, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Bradley Weed, Redmond, WA (US);

Wilhelmina Dietrich, Seattle, WA (US);

Becky Pezely, Seattle, WA (US);

Jason Moore, Redmond, WA (US);

Alan Urdan, Seattle, WA (US);

Robin Counts, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

John Thornton, Redmond, WA (US);

Ojiakonobi Udezue, Redmond, WA (US);

Rodger Benson, Seattle, WA (US);

Jennifer Shen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Dave Citron, Redmond, WA (US);

Tatjana Fournier, Snoqualmie, WA (US);

Bradley Weed, Redmond, WA (US);

Wilhelmina Dietrich, Seattle, WA (US);

Becky Pezely, Seattle, WA (US);

Jason Moore, Redmond, WA (US);

Alan Urdan, Seattle, WA (US);

Robin Counts, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

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

Techniques to share media files through messaging are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory may store a message application that when executed by the processor is operative to communicate a message and a message attachment comprising a media file at different time intervals using different transports. The message may have a link comprising a reference to a discoverable storage location for the media file. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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