Patent Pending: File Sharing

FILE SHARING METHOD AND FILE SHARING SYSTEM FOR GETTING AN ACCESSIBLE ADDRESS THROUGH AN ADDRESS MAPPING SERVER

Abstract:

A file sharing method includes: transferring content information related to a to-be-shared file to an address mapping server; and the address mapping server providing an accessible address mapped to the to-be-shared file according to the content information. One advantage of using the above file sharing method is that the user who wants to share files does not need to apply network space and upload the files beforehand.

Claims:

1. A file sharing method, comprising the following steps of:transferring content information related to a to-be-shared file to an address mapping server; andproviding, by the address mapping server, an accessible address mapped to the to-be-shared file according to the content information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of accessing the to-be-shared file directly according to the accessible address.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of embedding the accessible address into a web page.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of accessing the to-be-shared file directly according to the accessible address comprises clicking the accessible address embedded in the web page to access the to-be-shared file directly.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the accessible address conforms to the format of Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

6. A file sharing system, comprising:a first user terminal, including:a storage device for storing a to-be-shared file;a controller for outputting a content information related to the to-be-shared file to a address mapping server; andan address mapping server, coupled to the first user terminal, for providing an accessible address mapped to the to-be-shared file according to the content information.

7. The file sharing system according to claim 6, further comprising:a second user terminal accessed the to-be-shared file from the storage device of the first user terminal directly, according to the accessible address.

8. The file sharing system according to claim 6, further comprising:a web server used for providing a web page, wherein the accessible address is embedded in the web page.

9. The file sharing system according to claim 7, wherein the second user terminal selects the accessible address embedded in the web page to access the to-be-shared file directly.

10. The file sharing system according to claim 6, wherein the accessible address conforms to the format of Uniform Resource Locator.