Method and apparatus for accessing a common database from a mobile device and a computing device
First Claim
1. A method for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:
- receiving a request from a mobile device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the mobile device and the mobile device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks;
retrieving the data after the request is authenticated with respect to the account; and
forwarding the data to the mobile device in a first format displayable on the display screen of the mobile device.
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Abstract
The present invention has been made in consideration of thin devices efficiently communicating ideas and transactions into data networks by using other devices with full functional user interface in the networks. According to one aspect of the present invention, the thin device exclusively controls the authentication of a rendezvous that is associated with a user account in a server. The thin device running a micro-browser provisions the rendezvous with a set of credential information in an authenticated and secure communication session so that the provisioning process is truly proprietary. To access the user account, the other devices equipped with well-known browsers must submit the correct credential information to the rendezvous for verification in the server. Once admitted, the other devices can update managed information in the user account, individually and respectively, thereby the thin device is able to conduct desired transactions based on the managed information in the user account without the need to key in pertinent information of the transactions.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:
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receiving a request from a mobile device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the mobile device and the mobile device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks;
retrieving the data after the request is authenticated with respect to the account; and
forwarding the data to the mobile device in a first format displayable on the display screen of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless mobile device for accessing data in a data network system, comprising:
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a display screen;
a memory containing program code for a first browser program; and
a processor, coupled to the display screen and the memory, and capable of executing the program code to enable the first browser to perform the operations of;
sending a request over a wireless data network to a server hosting the data to retrieve the data after activation of a key of the mobile device, the data being associated with the mobile device and accessible by a computing device executing a second browser and coupled to the server through a data network;
receiving the data from the server via the wireless data network, the data presented in a first format interpretable by the first browser; and
displaying the data on the display screen of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:
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a memory containing program code for a server module;
a processor, coupled to the memory, and capable of executing the program code to enable the server module to perform the operations of;
hosting the data, the data associated with an account for a mobile device, the device having a display screen, and the data being accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of private and public networks;
receiving a request from the mobile device through a wireless data network to access the data;
retrieving the data after the request is authenticated with respect to the account; and
forwarding the data to the mobile device in a first format displayable on the display screen of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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