Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Distributed data processing – Client/server
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-20
2008-05-20
Maung, Zarni (Department: 2151)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Distributed data processing
Client/server
C715S838000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07376696
ABSTRACT:
A first processor-based device (PBD), such as a personal computer functioning as a host and containing digital media files, may share a selected file with a second PBD. Media file-sharing may be facilitated by an automated technique including graphical user interfaces (GUIs). In one embodiment, when a device user wishes to transfer a file to another device, the user hovers the file over a particular desktop icon and drops it, causing it to be automatically transmitted to a corresponding destination. Optionally, in response to hovering, a software program automatically generates a GUI indicating potential destinations. The user then selects a destination, and the system automatically transfers the file to that destination. In another embodiment, media sharing can be initiated from a digital appliance, such as a digital picture frame, and a file can be sent to another PBD, such as another digital picture frame via an intermediary PBD.
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