Method and apparatus for providing synchronized data
First Claim
1. An apparatus for synchronizing remote data on a remote device and central data on at least one central device coupled to a communication network, comprising:
- a controller;
at least one remote device interface, coupled to the controller, that provides communication between the remote device and the controller;
a network interface, coupled to the controller, that allows the controller to communicate via the communication network; and
a printer, coupled to the controller, wherein the controller initiates synchronization of the remote data and the central data when the remote device is coupled to the at least one remote device interface to provide synchronized data on the remote device, and wherein the controller routes the synchronized data to the printer.
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Abstract
Synchronization devices, preferably available in kiosks at publicly accessible locations, are provided with at least one remote device interface. A user of a remote device couples the remote device to the at least one remote device interface and the synchronization device thereafter initiates synchronization of remote data found in the remote device with central data found on at least one central device. Synchronization is performed by a synchronization application that preferably resides on the at least one central device. The synchronization application provides synchronized data that may include, but is not limited to, contact data, calendar data, email, shared files and the like. The synchronization device updates the remote device and also routes the synchronized data to a printer for printing. In this manner, the remote device user can obtain hardcopies of the synchronized data without having to be directly coupled to his or her local device.
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24 Claims
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1. An apparatus for synchronizing remote data on a remote device and central data on at least one central device coupled to a communication network, comprising:
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a controller;
at least one remote device interface, coupled to the controller, that provides communication between the remote device and the controller;
a network interface, coupled to the controller, that allows the controller to communicate via the communication network; and
a printer, coupled to the controller, wherein the controller initiates synchronization of the remote data and the central data when the remote device is coupled to the at least one remote device interface to provide synchronized data on the remote device, and wherein the controller routes the synchronized data to the printer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A synchronization system for synchronizing remote data on a remote device and central data on at least one central device coupled to a communication network, comprising:
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a synchronization application; and
a synchronization device coupled to the synchronization application via the communication network, that, in response to the remote device being coupled to the synchronization device, initiates synchronization of the remote data and the central data via the synchronization application to provide synchronized data on the remote device, wherein the synchronization device prints the synchronized data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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15. In a synchronization device coupled to at least one central device via a communication network, the at least one central device comprising central data, a method for providing synchronized data, the method comprising steps of:
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receiving remote data from a remote device coupled to the synchronization device;
initiating, via the communication network, synchronization of the central data and the remote data via a synchronization application;
receiving, via the communication network, synchronized data from the synchronization application; and
sending the synchronized data to a printer for printing.
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20. In a system comprising a synchronization device coupled to a synchronization application via a communication network, a method for providing synchronized data, the method comprising steps of:
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detecting, by the synchronization device, that a remote device is coupled thereto, the remote device comprising remote data;
sending, by the synchronization device to the synchronization application, a request to synchronize the remote data with central data stored on at least one central device, the at least one central device coupled to the communication network;
synchronizing, by the synchronization application, the remote data and the central data in response to the request to provide the synchronized data;
sending, by the synchronization application, the synchronized data to the synchronization device; and
sending, by the synchronization device, the synchronized data to a printer for printing. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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