Patent ID: 8117277
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system to componentize file sharing by an operating system, the system comprising: a first computing device having a processor that executes a first operating system, the first operating system configured to receive a designation of a file for sharing from a user without the execution of any other application, and to transmit the file by executing a file transport send object that is a component of the first operating system, and to provide a notification, to a second operating system executing on a second computing device, that the file is available for sharing by executing a notification send object that is a component of the first operating system; a data storage device that is configured to receive the file from the first computing device and to store the file in a computer memory; and the second computing device having a processor that executes the second operating system, the second operating system executing a notification receive object that is a component of the second operating system, and receiving the notification from the notification send object of the first operating system, and receiving the file for sharing from the data storage device by executing a file transport receive object that is a component of the second operating system, wherein the file transport send object, the notification send object, the notification receive object, and the file transport receive object are executable by the first and second operating systems without the execution of any other applications.