Handheld wireless conferencing technology

• US 20030208541A1
• Filed: 11/05/2002
• Published: 11/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Musa, Jeff
• Application Number:
  US10/288,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20030208541A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/08 Metering calls to called party , i.e. B-party charged for the communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2026 Wireless network, e.g. GSM, PCS, TACS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/62 Called party billing, e.g. reverse billing, freephone, collect call, 0800 or 0900
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation

Abstract

A system, method, and software architecture/program (10) for handheld PDA (110) applications and users of handheld applications to implement real time wireless collaboration conferencing with a physically remote communication device. Advantageously, the program (10) provides for wireless collaboration conferencing without significant changes to the handheld applications. The handheld application updates its internal state to mirror that of the other participant'"'"'s devices. The wireless collaboration software implements wireless collaboration conferencing methods which are optimized for the data communication bandwidth, uses native handheld applications fitted to their performance and metrics of a handheld device, communicates using small packets of information, provides a common programmable and user interface for peer-to-peer, peer-to-multi-peer, and peer-to-machine application conferencing, and which software enables end users to schedule, share, manage, and be billed for such conference activity.

Claims

1. A wireless collaboration software program executable on a PDA readable medium, comprising:

a conferencing and collaboration protocol (CCP) enabled to wirelessly communicate with another said wireless collaboration software program resident on a physically remote communication device in near real time.

2. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 1 wherein the CCP is enabled to wirelessly collaborate data of an application running on the PDA with a common application running on the physically remote device without substantial changes to the PDA application.

3. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 2 wherein the CCP is enabled to update the PDA internal state to mirror that of the physically remote communication device.

4. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 3 wherein the CCP is enabled to collaborate data and screen information.

5. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 4 wherein the CCP is enabled such that received screen information can be selectively filtered while processing received data information.

6. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 1 further comprising an application program interface (API) implemented by the CCP.

7. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 6 wherein the CCP is enabled to communicate asynchronously exchange data with the remote communication device.

8. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 6 further comprising a CCP system library implemented by the API.

9. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 8 wherein the CCP system library is adapted to handle conference messages of the CCP communicated to and from the remote communication device.

10. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 9 wherein the conference messages comprise conference protocol messages, system update messages, system edit messages, and system update messages.

11. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 10 wherein the conference messages are a structured set of bytes.

12. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 8 further comprising a CCP event handler processing specific events produced by the CCP system library.

13. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 12 further comprising a plurality of function blocks, wherein the CCP event handler is also adapted to handle specific events to existing and new said function blocks.

14. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 1 wherein the wireless collaboration software program is enabled to automatically send a document to another said wireless collaboration software program upon communication therewith, the document being editable by both the PDA and the physically remote communication device.

15. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 1 wherein the application is an off-the-shelf application.

16. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 1 wherein the remote communication device is another PDA.

17. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 1 wherein the remote communication device is a desktop computer.

18. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 1 wherein the remote communication device is a livefeed gateway.

19. A PDA enabled to wirelessly collaborate with a remote communication device in near real-time, comprising:

memory, a CPU, and a PDA operating system; and

a wireless collaboration software program loaded on and executable by the PDA, comprising;

a conferencing and collaboration protocol (CCP) enabled to wirelessly communicate with another said wireless collaboration software program resident on a physically remote communication device in near real time.

20. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 19 wherein the CCP is enabled to wirelessly collaborate data of an application running on the PDA with a common application running on the physically remote device without substantial changes to the PDA application.

21. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 19 wherein the CCP is enabled to update the PDA internal state to mirror that of the physically remote communication device.

22. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 20 wherein the CCP is enabled to collaborate data and screen information.

23. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 21 wherein the CCP is enabled such that received screen information can be selectively filtered while processing received data information.

24. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 19 further comprising an application program interface (API) implemented by the CCP.

25. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 19 wherein the CCP is enabled to communicate asynchronously exchange data with the remote communication device.

26. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 24 further comprising a CCP system library implemented by the API.

27. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 26 wherein the CCP system library is adapted to handle conference messages of the CCP communicated to and from the remote communication device.

28. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 27 wherein the conference message comprise conference protocol messages, system update messages, system edit messages, and system update messages.

29. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 27 wherein the conference messages are a structured set of bytes.

30. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 26 further comprising a CCP event handler processing specific events produced by the CCP system library.

31. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 30 further comprising a plurality of function blocks, wherein the CCP event handler is also adapted to handle specific events to existing and new said function blocks.

32. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 19 wherein the CCP is enabled to automatically send a document to another said wireless collaboration software program residing on the remote communication device upon communication therewith.

33. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 19 wherein the application is an off-the-shelf application.

34. The PDA as specified in claim 19, wherein the wireless collaboration software program is enabled to collaborate with another remote PDA device in near real-time.

35. The PDA as specified in claim 19, wherein the wireless collaboration software program is enabled to collaborate with a desktop computer in near real-time.

36. The PDA as specified in claim 19, wherein the wireless collaboration software program is enabled to collaborate with a livefeed gateway in near real-time.

45. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 35 wherein the CCP is enabled to communicate asynchronously exchange data with the remote communication device.

37. A method of wirelessly collaborating between a PDA and a physically remote communication device in near real-time, comprising:

the PDA executing a first resident program and collaborating with the physically remote communication device also executing the first resident program to wirelessly collaborate therewith in near realtime.

38. The method as specified in claim 37 wherein each the PDA and the physically remote communication device are running a common application, wherein said wireless collaboration is performed without substantial changes to the application of either the PDA or the physically remote communication device.

39. The method as specified in claim 37 wherein the PDA includes a wireless collaboration software program executable on the PDA, comprising:

a conferencing and collaboration protocol (CCP) enabled to communicate with another said wireless collaboration software program resident on a remote communication device in near real time.

40. The method as specified in claim 39 wherein the collaboration software program is also resident on and executable by the remote communication device.

41. The method as specified in claim 37 wherein the PDA is enabled to update its internal state to mirror that of the physically remote communication device.

42. The method as specified in claim 38 wherein the PDA is enabled to collaborate data and screen information.

43. The method as specified in claim 39 wherein the PDA is enabled such that received screen information can be selectively filtered while processing received data information.

44. The method as specified in claim 39 wherein the wireless collaboration software program also comprises an application program interface (API) implemented by the CCP.

46. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 39 wherein the collaboration software program further comprises a CCP system library implemented by the API.

47. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 46 wherein the CCP system library is adapted to handle conference messages of the CCP communicated to and from the remote communication device.

48. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 47 wherein the conference message comprise conference protocol messages, system update messages, system edit messages, and system update messages.

49. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 48 wherein the conference messages are a structured set of bytes.

50. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 39 wherein the collaboration software program further comprising a CCP event handler processing specific events produced by the CCP system library.

51. The wireless collaboration software program as specified in claim 39 wherein the collaboration software program further comprises a plurality of function blocks, wherein the CCP event handler is also adapted to make calls to existing and new said function blocks.

52. The method as specified in claim 37 further comprising the step of the PDA being designated a host and automatically sending a first document to the physically remote communication device to begin the wireless collaboration.

53. The method as specified in claim 37 further comprising the step of the physically remote communication device being designated a host and automatically sending the first document to the PDA to begin the wireless collaboration.

54. The method as specified in claim 37 wherein the common application is an off-the-shelf application.

55. The method as specified in claim 37 wherein the remote communication device is another PDA.

56. The method as specified in claim 37 wherein the remote communication device is a desktop computer.

57. The method as specified in claim 37 wherein the remote communication device is a livefeed gateway.

58. The method as specified in claim 52 wherein the first document is editable by both the PDA and the physically remote communication device.

59. The method as specified in claim 53 wherein the first document is editable by both the PDA and the physically remote communication device.

60. The method as specified in claim 37 further comprising the step of the PDA simultaneously exchanging voice communication with the physically remote communication device during the collaboration.