Patent ID: 7016942

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for channeling data through a network from an initial client/server-based connectivity to direct client-to-client communication comprising the following steps: a first client computer and at least a second client computer connecting through a network to a static server at a pre-designated address, wherein said first client computer and said second client computer are not communicating with each other prior to connecting to said static server; said first and second client computers respectively establishing a communications session with said static server by exchanging a first data with said server; designating in a list a plurality of client computers as a client cluster, wherein providing information in said client cluster list allowing establishing a communications session of direct communication between at least two computers on said client cluster list, while said first client computer maintaining said communications session with said static server, said first client computer directly transmitting a second data to at least said second client computer without said static server intervening.