Data access methods and multifunction device therefor
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1. A method for providing access from a multifunction device to data operatively associated with a user-specified remote storage device, comprising:
- establishing a link between said multifunction device and a user-specified remote storage device having said data operatively associated therewith; and
accessing said data operatively associated with said user-specified remote storage device from said multifunction device over said link established therebetween.
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Abstract
Data access methods and multifunction device therefor. The invention is preferably embodied in computer-readable media operatively associated with a multifunction device and having computer-readable program code thereon. The computer-readable program code may comprise program code for identifying a remote storage device having the data operatively associated therewith, and program code for accessing the data operatively associated with the remote storage device from the multifunction device.
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1. A method for providing access from a multifunction device to data operatively associated with a user-specified remote storage device, comprising:
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establishing a link between said multifunction device and a user-specified remote storage device having said data operatively associated therewith; and
accessing said data operatively associated with said user-specified remote storage device from said multifunction device over said link established therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for accessing user-requested data from a configured multifunction device, comprising:
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identifying a remote storage device having said user-requested data operatively associated therewith; and
retrieving said user-requested data operatively associated with said remote storage device from said configured multifunction device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 21. A multifunction device comprising computer-readable media operatively associated with said multifunction device and having computer-readable program code thereon including program code for identifying data operatively associated with a user-specified remote storage device, and program code for accessing said data operatively associated with said user-specified remote storage device from said multifunction device.
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