Patent ID: 8971217
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium that is not a signal storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed in an IP telephony environment that includes a sending client and a receiving client performs a method of identifying an audio-based command to send a data item from the sending client to the receiving client, the method comprising: in response to receiving an audio stream at the sending client; determining whether the audio stream contains a command that identifies a data item that is associated with activation of a control from the sending client to send to the receiving client, wherein different controls on the sending client are associated with different data items, wherein determining whether the audio stream contains the command to send the data item to the receiving client includes differentiating between data in the audio stream that is directed at generating the command and data that is content; and identifying that the command to send the data item is included in the audio stream; identifying the data item that is the object of the command; wherein the data item comprises one or more of: a remote procedure that is executed on the receiving client and an electronic file; and transmitting the data item to the receiving client over the IP telephony environment.