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Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2012
Applicants:

Barket Virani, Thornhill, CA;

Naresh Parmar, Woodbridge, CA;

Theban Ganeshalingam, Mississauga, CA;

Aaron Stuart, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Barket Virani, Thornhill, CA;

Naresh Parmar, Woodbridge, CA;

Theban Ganeshalingam, Mississauga, CA;

Aaron Stuart, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/541 (2013.01); H04L 12/581 (2013.01); H04L 12/582 (2013.01); H04L 12/589 (2013.01); H04L 12/5825 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 65/1059 (2013.01); H04L 65/4007 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided for operating a first electronic device for sharing items with a second electronic device. The method comprises determining that the second electronic device requires a software capability to process a first item to be shared by the first electronic device; providing information to the second device for obtaining the software capability; and sending the first item to the second device after the software capability has been acquired by the second electronic device.


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