Method and apparatus for automatic content handling
First Claim
1. A method of remotely initiating the autonomous transfer of data between a data source and a data destination including the steps of:
- in response to a data transfer trigger event, creating a message incorporating information adapted to act as an instruction which initiates the transfer of data;
transmitting to the data destination said message; and
the data destination, acting on the instructions contained in the message, effecting the transfer the data from the data source to the data destination.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing autonomous data transfer are disclosed. In one preferred embodiment, a mail server notifies a mobile computing device that the server has received new email. Acting in accordance with instructions or an instruction contained within the notification, the mobile computing device connects to the server and downloads the email. The data connection is preferably a wireless connection and the notification is preferably in the form of a SMS message send in accordance with the GSM short messaging service. In an alternative embodiment, the data to be transfer corresponds to a software update or database update. In this embodiment, the mobile computing device downloads the software update and can autonomously execute an install script or the data in the form of a self-extracting archive. In a similar fashion, a remote database can be updated. The remote computing device may be mobile and in the form of a laptop computer incorporating a specially adapted GSM cellular communications module. The invention provides for complete automation of the data transfer process as the specially adapted GSM module can be kept in a passive mode and, on receipt of a notification of pending new email, power up the laptop computer in which it is resident. The invention may find application in the field of mobile computing and remote network administration.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of remotely initiating the autonomous transfer of data between a data source and a data destination including the steps of:
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in response to a data transfer trigger event, creating a message incorporating information adapted to act as an instruction which initiates the transfer of data;
transmitting to the data destination said message; and
the data destination, acting on the instructions contained in the message, effecting the transfer the data from the data source to the data destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19)
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14. A mobile computing platform adapted to receive messages from a data source and, on the basis of instruction contained in the message, autonomously establish a wireless connection to the data source and download data.
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16. A remote computing device for autonomously transferring data from a local computing device to the remote computing device, said remote computing device incorporating a wireless communications module adapted to receive an instruction message and, acting on said instructions establish a data connection to the local computing device and transfer the data, said communication module controlling with said remote computing device.
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