Method and apparatus for data transfer

• US 20050198376A1
• Filed: 12/22/2004
• Published: 09/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kotzin, Michael D.
• Application Number:
  US11/020,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20050198376A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/238
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

A method in an electronic device for transferring information to another electronic device is disclosed. Data that is selected (202) to be transferred from a first device (102) to a second device (108) is associated (204) with a uniquely identifiable set of information 106. The uniquely identifiable set of information is transferred (206) to a content provider (110). The uniquely identifiable set of information is also transferred (208) to the second device. The second device transmits the uniquely identifiable set of information to a data source. The data source matches the data to the uniquely identifiable set of information and then transfers the data to the second device.

Claims

1. A method in an electronic device for transferring information to another electronic device:

associating a uniquely identifiable set of information 106 with a data set;

transferring the uniquely identifiable set of information 106 associated with the set of information to a second device; and

transferring the uniquely identifiable set of information 106 to a third device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uniquely identifiable set of information is a representation of an independent physical object.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein uniquely identifiable set of information is a picture of the independent physical object.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the independent physical object is printed coded information.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the printed coded information is a barcode.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uniquely identifiable set of information is presented by the device.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the uniquely identifiable set of information is printed by a printer carried on the device.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the uniquely identifiable set of information is presented on a display carried on the device.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the third device is a content provider.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data set is stored in the device.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein a copy of the data is store at the content provider.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transferring the data set to the second device.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data set is protected data.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the protected data has a property right associated therewith.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the property right is.

16. A method for transferring protected content from a first wireless device to a second wireless device comprising:

providing content to be transferred to a second device;

acquiring a uniquely identifiable set of information;

associating the uniquely identifiable set of information 106 to the content;

transferring the uniquely identifiable set of information 106 and a content identification, identifying the content to be transferred to a second device;

transferring the uniquely identifiable set of information 106 to a second device.

17. A method for transferring protected content from a first wireless device to a second wireless device comprising:

receiving a uniquely identifiable set of information from a first device, the uniquely identifiable set of information associated to a content;

transmitting the uniquely identifiable set of information to a content provider;

receiving a rights object associated with the content;

receiving the content.