Patent ID: 7529227

Claim:
A method of transferring data over a network from a first portable electronic device to a second portable electronic device comprising the steps of: establishing a voice-call path over said network between a first and a second telephony devices by initiating a voice-call connection from said first telephony device to said second telephony device, the first and second telephony devices having first and second network portals, respectively, and capable of supporting a wireless protocol; initiating a data exchange from said first portable electronic device to said second portable electronic devices, each of said first and second portable electronic devices including said wireless protocol; sending the data from said first portable electronic device to said first network portal via said wireless protocol; opening a TCP socket over said network from said first telephony device to said second telephony device using the same address as the voice-call path; sending the data from said first network portal of the first telephony device to the second network portal of the second telephony device via said socket; sending the data from said second network portal to said second portable electronic device via said wireless protocol; and terminating said voice-call connection and said voice-call path upon successful transmission of the data, wherein said first and second portable electronic devices are unregistered with said first and second telephony devices.