Patent ID: 9553917
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A message server for transferring a file by using a second protocol during a chatting session established by a first protocol, the message server comprising: a server transceiver unit, implemented by one or more processors and/or application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), configured to transmit and receive data; and a server control unit, implemented by one or more processors and/or application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), configured to wherein the file link information is associated with a file uploaded using the second protocol to a content server by the transmitting terminal device, the first protocol and the second protocol is different protocol each other, the second protocol is separately established while the first protocol for the chatting session is continuously established, and the second protocol is established to upload the file from the transmitting terminal device to the content server, and download the uploaded file from the content server to the receiving terminal device.