Sharing personal information between computing devices

• US 20040024834A1
• Filed: 08/02/2002
• Published: 02/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Smith, Brett, Alegria, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US10/211,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20040024834A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/213
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

Systems and methods that facilitate sharing of personal information, such as contact and scheduling information, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and method pertains to receiving selection of personal information to be shared, copying personal information files that pertain to the selected personal information, and packaging the personal information files into an executable file that is configured to store the selected personal information into memory.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating sharing of personal information, comprising:

receiving selection of personal information to be shared;

copying personal information files that pertain to the selected personal information; and

packaging the personal information files into an executable file that is configured to store the selected personal information into memory.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving selection of personal information comprises receiving identification of various types of information stored in a personal information program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of copying personal information files comprises copying .PST files of a personal information program.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of packaging the personal information files comprises packaging the personal information files into an .EXE file that is configured to, when activated by user selection, store the selected personal information into memory.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving selection of a destination for the selected personal information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of receiving selection of a destination comprises receiving selection of a network address of a destination computing device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting the executable file to the network address.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of receiving selection of a destination comprises receiving selection of an email address of an email program that resides on a destination computing device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting the executable file to the email address.

10. A system for facilitating sharing of personal information, comprising:

means for receiving selection of personal information to be shared;

means for copying personal information files that pertain to the selected personal information; and

means for packaging the personal information files into an executable file that is configured to store the selected personal information into memory.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the means for copying personal information files comprise means for copying .PST files of a personal information program.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the means for packaging the personal information files comprise means for packaging the personal information files into an .EXE file that is configured to, when activated by user selection, store the selected personal information into memory.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising means for transmitting the executable file to a network address of a destination computing device.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising means for transmitting the executable file to an email address of an email program that resides on a destination computing device.

15. A personal information sharing program stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising:

logic configured to receive selection of personal information to be shared;

logic configured to copy personal information files that pertain to the selected personal information; and

logic configured to package the personal information files into an executable file that is configured to store the selected personal information into memory.

16. The program of claim 15, wherein the logic configured to copy personal information files comprises logic configured to copy .PST files of a personal information program.

17. The program of claim 15, wherein the logic configured to package the personal information files comprises logic configured to package the personal information files into an .EXE file that is configured to, when activated by user selection, store the selected personal information into memory.

18. The program of claim 15, further comprising logic configured to transmit the executable file to a network address of a destination computing device.

19. The program of claim 15, further comprising logic configured to transmit the executable file to an email address of an email program that resides on a destination computing device.

20. A method for sharing information between computing devices, comprising:

prompting a user to select personal information of a personal information program that is to be shared;

receiving selection of the personal information to be shared;

prompting the user to select a destination with which the personal information is to be shared;

receiving selection of the destination;

copying personal information files that pertain to the personal information to be shared;

packaging the personal information files in an executable file that is configured to store the selected personal information into memory; and

transmitting the executable file to the destination.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of prompting the user to select a destination comprises prompting the user to select a destination computing device network address.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of transmitting the executable file comprises transmitting the file to the device network address.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of prompting the user to select a destination comprises prompting the user to select an email address of an email program that resides on a destination computing device.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of transmitting the executable file comprises transmitting the file to the email address.

25. A computing device, comprising:

a processing device; and

memory that includes;

a personal information program that contains various personal information;

a personal information sharing utility that includes logic configured to copy personal information files of the personal information program that pertain to selected personal information and logic configured to package the personal information files in an executable file that is configured to store the personal information at a desired location.

26. The device of claim 25, wherein the personal information sharing utility further includes logic configured to transmit the executable file to a destination computing device.

27. The device of claim 26, wherein the logic configured to transmit the executable file is configured to transmit the executable file to a device network address.

28. The device of claim 26, wherein the logic configured to transmit the executable file is configured to transmit the executable file as an attachment to an email message.

29. An executable file stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising:

at least one personal information file; and

logic configured to store the at least one personal information file in at least one location within computing device memory.

30. The file of claim 29, wherein the personal information file is a .PST file.

31. The file of claim 29, wherein the logic configured to store is configured to store the at least one personal information file within a personal information program that resides within the computing device memory.

32. The file of claim 29, wherein the file is an .EXE file.