Communication system, method and computer program product for transferring an electronic file

A communications method for transferring at least one electronic file from a first location, the communications method comprising:

• storing the at least one electronic file in a first location maintained by a memory device;
• selecting or receiving selection of the at least one electronic file;
• transferring the at least one electronic file that was selected or for which the selection was received from the first location to a second location that is maintained by a different memory device that is remote from the memory device that includes the first location;
• generating at least one pointer associated with the at least one electronic file, the at least one pointer identifying the at least one electronic file and also identifying the second memory location to which the at least one electronic file was transferred;
• including the at least one pointer in a displayable reference electronic file that also includes other contents, wherein including the at least one pointer in the reference electronic file comprises including the at least one pointer for a predefined period of time and removing the at least one pointer from the reference electronic file following the predefined period of time while continuing to provide for access to the reference electronic file including the other contents of the reference electronic file following the predefined period of time;
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• transferring the reference electronic file including the at least one pointer to a display location for display of the reference electronic file at the display location, the reference electronic file being displayed to enable a user located at the display location to locate the at least one electronic file at the second memory location based upon the at least one pointer,
• wherein at least one of generating at least one pointer or including the at least one pointer in a displayable electronic reference file is performed by processor configured to at least one of generate at least one pointer or include the at least one pointer in a displayable electronic reference file.

A computer program product for transferring at least one electronic file from a first location, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in said medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:

• an executable portion configured to store the at least one electronic file in the first location maintained by a memory device;
• an executable portion configured to select or receive selection of the at least one electronic file;
• an executable portion configured to transfer the at least one electronic file that was selected or for which the selection was received from the first location to a second location that is remote from the first location that is maintained by a different memory device that is remote from the memory device that includes the first location;
• an executable portion configured to generate at least one pointer, the at least one pointer identifying the at least one electronic file and also identifying the second memory location to which the at least one electronic file was transferred;
• an executable portion configured to include the at least one pointer in a displayable reference electronic file by including the at least one pointer for a predefined period of time and removing the at least one pointer from the reference electronic file following the predefined period of time while continuing to provide for access to the reference electronic file including the other contents of the reference electronic file following the predefined period of time;
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• an executable portion configured to transfer the reference electronic file including the at least one pointer to a display location for display of the reference electronic file at the display location, the reference electronic file being displayed to enable a user located at the display location to locate the at least one electronic file at the second memory location based upon the at least one pointer.