US 20040070608A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2004/0070608 Al
Saka (43) Pub. Date: Apr. 15,2004
(54) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
TRANSFERRING FILES FROM ONE
MACHINE TO ANOTHER USING ADJACENT
DESKTOP DISPLAYS IN A VIRTUAL
NETWORK
(75) Inventor: Oluyemi Babatunde Saka, Austin, TX (US)
Correspondence Address:
Rudolf O. Siegesmund
Suite 2000
4627 N. Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75205-4017 (US)
(73) Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 10/268,286
(22) Filed: Oct. 10, 2002
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G09G 5 00
(52) U.S. CI 345/748; 345/744
(57) ABSTRACT
An apparatus and method for transferring files between a plurality of computers in a virtual network is disclosed. The present invention allows the selective transference of files between designated computers in a virtual network. The computers contain a VNRS program that allows a computer to display another computer's desktop next to its own. Although the two computers are not physically connected, the present invention allows files to be transferred from the first computer to the second computer and vice versa by merely dragging and dropping icons from one desktop to another.
Desktop View I File Copy Confial File'Move Confial Application Move Configuration I Virtual Connection Log
