Patent ID: 8185736

Claim:
A method for transmitting a file from a first device to a second device over a communications network, comprising: displaying, on the first device, a file identifier, wherein the file identifier represents a selectable file; receiving, at the first device, a user selection of the file identifier representing a selection of the selectable file for transmission to the second device that has a file transfer instruction set that enables file transfers between the first device and the second device and that is functionally equivalent to a file transfer instruction set of the first device; displaying, on the first device, a destination identifier, wherein the destination identifier represents a remote device having an address; receiving, at the first device, a user selection of the destination identifier as selection of the second device; and transmitting, from the first device to the second device, the selected file such that the selected file is not stored on an intervening device, whereby the second device displays an identification of the first device in relation to the selected file, wherein the identification includes at least one of the address of the first device, a name of the first device, or a username associated with the first device.