DATA COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

A method of transferring data content via a data communications network, said method comprising: (a) transmitting an initiating request from one party to a locating server, said request containing an identifier for another party to be located; (b) once the party to be located has been located, conducting a negotiation process between at least two parties including the located party, said negotiation process involving the transmission of data, identifying one or more parameters for defining the transfer to be performed, from at least one of the at least two parties to another of the at least two parties, until at least one of the at least two parties have indicated agreement to the parameters of the transfer to be performed; (c) once the transfer to be performed has been agreed, conducting the data content transfer in accordance with parameters defined in step (b), said transfer occurring in one direction only between a transmitting party and a receiving party, said transmitting party only transmitting content and said receiving party only receiving content during said transfer.