Method for controlling the opening and transmission of electronic data on electronic communication devices

• US 20040177268A1
• Filed: 10/27/2003
• Published: 09/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gigaset Communications GmbH (Gigaset AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Aretz, Kurt
• Granted Patent: US 7,454,793 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling the opening of the representation of electronic data on mobile electronic communication devices, whereby the access to data occurs depending on opening characters and said characters can arise interactively on the same or different mobile communication terminals. Data access can thus be modelled according to a set of rules, corresponding to the usual handling of physical, concrete collectable and exchangeable objects or to the behaviour of the natural population.

Claims

1. Method for control of the opening of the presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices, with the electronic data being present in the form of data records each identified by a record identifier, and the opening of the presentation of an electronic data record on an electronic communication device depending on an opening code, characterized in that a change of a first opening code relating to the presentation of a first electronic data record is dependent on a second opening code relating to the presentation of a second electronic data record.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the change of opening codes is subject to a selection of the following rules:

Rule 1 (“

Transfer”

);

After an initiating user input, change of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device and converse change of an opening code of a first data record identified by a record identifier on a second communication device

Rule 2 (“

Mutation”

);

After an initiating user input, change of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device and converse change of an opening code of a data record identified by a second record identifier;

Rule 3 (“

Propagation”

);

Synchronization of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device with the opening code of a data record identified by the first data record identifier on a second communication device

Rule 4 (“

Pinning on”

);

Synchronization of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device with the opening code of a data record identified by a second data record identifier

Rule 5 (“

Timing”

);

Change of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device depending on a control signal initiated depending on a time measurement;

Rule 6 (“

Random control”

);

Change of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device depending on a (dummy) random algorithm;

3. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that, the permitted opening code can be represented by a set of parameters, whereby the opening of the presentation of an electronic data record on an electronic communication device depends on whether the opening code falls within a specified subset of parameters.

4. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the permitted opening code can be represented by the binary characters 0 and 1, whereby the presentation of an electronic data record on an electronic communication device is opened when the opening code assumes the value 1 and is refused otherwise.

5. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that information about the status of opening codes on an electronic communication device is also stored on a server.

6. Method according to claim 5, characterized in that the opening of presentations of electronic data or the status of the opening codes on an electronic communication device can also be influenced by the server.

7. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that data communication between electronic communication devices is based on one of the standards IrDA, HomeRF, IEEE 802.11 or Bluetooth.

8. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the data records essentially contain pictures and/or soundtracks and/or video clips.

9. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electronic communication devices are formed by mobile electronic communication devices.