Patent ID: 7617456

Claim:
A method for transmitting media files and functional objects from a sender to a recipient, including the steps of: designating a VDACC file to be transmitted to the recipient as a transmitting file, said VDACC transmitting file including at least one element selected from a group consisting of text files, media files, and data files, and at least one functional object associated with said at least one element and capable of reconstructing said at least one element for the recipient; capturing an image of said transmitting file depicting said at least one element and said at least one functional object and converting said image to a picture file format; analyzing said transmitting file to determine all media files therein; generating a list of all media files within said transmitting file and embedding said list in said picture file format; sending said picture file to said recipient while withholding sending said one or more elements of said transmitting file; said recipient viewing said picture file and engaging the depiction portions of said picture file corresponding to said at least one element to select said at least one element; said selected at least one element being transmitted to said recipient after said recipient selects the depiction of said at least one element.