Application programming interface for inviting participants in a serverless peer to peer network

US8036140B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ravi T. Rao · Redmond, US
• Eliot Flannery · Redmond, US
• Tomer Weisberg · Haifa, IL
• Upshur W. Parks · Bothell, US
• Rohit Gupta · Redmond, US
• Kevin R. Tao · Kirkland, US
• Anirudh Anirudh · Redmond, US
• David G. Thaler · Redmond, US
• Andre R. Classen · Bellevue, US
• Todd R. Manion · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/54
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and computer readable mediums are described that facilitate inviting user entities on a network. The method may include initiating a first application for sending an invitation by a first user entity on a first endpoint, selecting a second user entity to receive the invitation, and selecting an activity. The method may also include sending from the first endpoint to the second user entity the invitation to participate in the activity if the first endpoint determines the activity is supported by a computing application on the first endpoint.