Storing data content in a remote computer

• US 20060009215A1
• Filed: 05/27/2005
• Published: 01/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Oksanen, Markku, Karhiniemi, Marko, Bogod, Leonid
• Application Number:
  US11/140,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20060009215A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A method, system, devices and computer programs for storing data content from a data communication network in a remote computer are shown. In the method data provided by a data content server of a data communication network is browsed using a mobile terminal. A link to data content which may be provided by the data content server is selected. Furthermore, a remote computer connected to the data communication network is selected with the mobile terminal as a destination device for storing the selected data content. Finally, the selected data content is stored in the selected remote computer.

Claims

1. A method of storing data content from a data communication network in a remote computer,

characterized in that the method comprises:

browsing data provided by a data content server of the data communication network using a mobile terminal;

sending at least one data request associated with data content to the data content server;

selecting with the mobile terminal a remote computer connected to the data communication network as a destination device for storing the data content; and

storing the data content in the remote computer.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises:

storing in a memory of the mobile terminal at least one data request associated with data content;

sending at least one data request stored in the memory of the mobile terminal to the selected remote computer;

sending from the remote computer at least one data request to the data content server;

sending from the data content server a requested data content to the remote computer; and

storing the data content in the remote computer.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

setting up an association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer; and

sending with the mobile terminal the at least one data request to the remote computer using the set up association.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the method comprises:

setting up the association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer, when selecting the remote computer with the mobile terminal.

5. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the step of setting up the association comprises setting up the association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer using a secure link protocol.

6. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

changing at least one data request sent by the mobile terminal in the remote computer in order to store the data content in the remote computer.

7. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the step of storing in a memory of the mobile terminal at least one data request associated with data content comprises storing at least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

8. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises:

setting up an association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer;

browsing data provided by the data content server of the data communication network using the mobile terminal via the remote computer using the set up association;

sending at least one data request from the mobile terminal via the remote computer to the data content server;

sending at least one data request response from the data content server to the mobile terminal via the remote computer;

receiving with the remote computer a command from the mobile terminal, the command indicating that data content is to be stored in the remote computer;

sending with the remote computer a data content request to the data content server;

sending the data content from the data content server to the remote computer; and

storing the data content in the remote computer.

9. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that the step of setting up an association comprises setting up an association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer using a secure link protocol.

10. The method according to claim 8, characterized in that the method further comprises:

changing a data request for the data content sent by the mobile terminal in the remote computer in order to store the data content in the remote computer.

11. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the data request sent by the mobile terminal comprise at least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

12. A system of storing data content from a data communication network in a remote computer, comprising:

a data communication network (40);

a wireless communication network (42) connected to the data communication network (40);

a data content server (10) connected to the data communication network (40);

a mobile terminal (14) connected to the wireless communication network (42), wherein the mobile terminal (14) comprises browsing means (36) configured to browse data provided by the data content server (10);

a remote computer (12) connected to the data communication network (40);

characterized in that;

the system comprises at least one network device (14, 12) configured to send at least one data request associated with data content to the data content server (10);

the browsing means (36) are configured to select the remote computer (12) connected to the data communication network (40) as a destination device for storing the data content; and

the remote computer (12) is configured to store the data content from the data content server (10).

13. The system according to claim 12, characterized in that:

the browsing means (36) are configured to send at least one data request associated with data content to the data content server (10);

the mobile terminal (14) comprises a first memory (30) configured to store at least one data request associated with the data content;

the browsing means (36) are configured to send at least one data request stored in the first memory (30) to the selected remote computer (12);

the remote computer (12) comprises a remote proxy application (310) configured to receive the at least one data request from the mobile terminal (14), to send at least one data request to the data content server (10), and to receive a requested data content from the data content server (10); and

the remote computer (12) comprises a second memory (302) configured to store the data content.

14. The system according to claim 13, characterized in that the system further comprises:

a connection application (38, 304) configured to set up an association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12), wherein the browsing means (36) are configured to send the at least one data request to the remote computer (12) using the set up association.

15. The system according to claim 14, characterized in that the connection application (38, 304) is configured to set up the association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12), when the browsing means (36) are used to select the remote computer (12) connected to the data communication network (40) as a destination device for storing the data content.

16. The system according to claim 14, characterized in that the connection application (38, 304) is configured to set up the association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12) by using a secure link protocol.

17. The system according to claim 13, characterized in that the remote proxy application (310) is configured to change at least one data request sent by the mobile terminal (14) in order to store the data content in the second memory (302).

18. The system according to claim 13, characterized in that the data requests stored in the first memory (30) comprise at least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

19. A system according to claim 12, characterized in that:

the system further comprises a connection application (310) configured to set up an association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12);

the browsing means (36) are configured to browse data provided by the data content server (10) using the set up association;

the browsing means (36) are configured to send at least one data request to the data server (10) via a remote proxy application (310) of the remote computer (12);

the remote proxy application (310) is configured to send at least one data request response from the data content server (10) to the mobile terminal (14), to receive a command from the browsing means (36), the command indicating that data content is to be stored in the remote computer (12), to send a data content request to the data content server (10), and to receive the requested data content from the data content server (10); and

the remote computer (12) comprises a second memory (302) configured to store the data content.

20. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the connection application (38, 304) is configured to set up the association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12) by using a secure link protocol.

21. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the remote proxy application (310) is configured to change at least one data request sent by the mobile terminal (14) in order to store the data content in the second memory (302).

22. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the data requests sent by the browsing means (36) comprise at least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

23. A computer program of storing data content from a data communication network in a remote computer,

characterized in that the computer program comprises code adapted to perform the following steps when executed on a data-processing device:

browsing data provided by a data content server of the data communication network using a mobile terminal;

storing in a memory of the mobile terminal at least one data request associated with data content;

selecting with the mobile terminal a remote computer connected to the data communication network as a destination device for storing the data content; and

sending at least one data request stored in the memory of the mobile terminal to the selected remote computer.

24. The computer program according to claim 23, characterized in that the computer program is further adapted to perform the following steps when executed on the data-processing device:

setting up an association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer; and

sending with the mobile terminal the at least one data request to the remote computer using the set up association.

25. The computer program according to claim 24, characterized in that the computer program is further adapted to perform the following step when executed on the data-processing device:

setting up the association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer, when selecting the remote computer with the mobile terminal.

26. The computer program according to claim 24, characterized in that the computer program is further adapted to perform the following step when executed on the data-processing device:

setting up the association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer using a secure link protocol.

27. The computer program according to claim 23, characterized in that the computer program is further adapted to perform the following step when executed on the data-processing device:

storing in a memory of the mobile terminal at least one data request associated with data content comprises storing at least one of the following;

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

28. A computer program of storing data content from a data communication network in a remote computer,

characterized in that the computer program comprises code adapted to perform the following steps when executed on a data-processing device:

setting up an association between a mobile terminal and the remote computer;

browsing data provided by a data content server of the data communication network using the mobile terminal via the remote computer using the set up association;

sending at least one data request from the mobile terminal to the remote computer;

receiving at least one data request response from the remote computer; and

sending a command from the mobile terminal to the remote computer, the command indicating that data content is to be stored in the remote computer.

29. The computer program according to claim 28, characterized in that the computer program is further adapted to perform the following step when executed on the data-processing device:

setting up the association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer using a secure link protocol.

30. The computer program according to claim 28, characterized in that the data requests sent by the mobile terminal comprise at least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

31. A computer program of storing data content from a data communication network in a remote computer,

characterized in that the computer program comprises code adapted to perform the following steps when executed on a data-processing device:

setting up an association between a mobile terminal and the remote computer;

receiving at least one data request from the mobile terminal with the remote computer;

sending from the remote computer at least one data request to the data content server;

receiving a requested data content from the data content server with the remote computer; and

storing the data content in the remote computer.

32. The computer program according to claim 31, characterized in that the computer program is further adapted to perform the following step when executed on the data-processing device:

changing at least one data request sent by the mobile terminal in the remote computer in order to store the data content in the remote computer.

33. The computer program according to claim 31, characterized in that the data requests sent by the mobile terminal comprise at least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

34. A computer program of storing data content from a data communication network in a remote computer,

characterized in that the computer program comprises code adapted to perform the following steps when executed on a data-processing device:

setting up an association between a mobile terminal and the remote computer;

receiving at least one data request from the mobile terminal with the remote computer;

sending the at least one data request to a data content server;

receiving at least one data request response from the data content server with the remote computer;

sending the at least one data request response to the mobile terminal from the remote computer;

receiving with the remote computer a command from the mobile terminal, the command indicating that data content is to be stored in the remote computer;

sending with the remote computer a data content request to the data content server; and

storing the data content in the remote computer.

35. The computer program according to claim 34, characterized in that the computer program is further adapted to perform the following step when executed on the data-processing device:

setting up an association between the mobile terminal and the remote computer using a secure link protocol.

36. The computer program according to claim 34, characterized in that the computer program is further adapted to perform the following step when executed on the data-processing device:

changing a data request for the data content sent by the mobile terminal in the remote computer in order to store the data content in the remote computer.

37. The computer program according to claim 34, characterized in that the data requests sent by the mobile terminal comprise at least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

38. A mobile terminal of storing data content from a data communication network in a remote computer, comprising:

browsing means (36) configured to browse information provided by a data content server (10), wherein the browsing means (36) are configured to send at least one data request associated with data content to the data content server and to receive at least one data request response from the data content server;

characterized in that;

the mobile terminal (14) comprises a first memory (30) configured to store at least one data request associated with data content; and

the browsing means (36) are configured to select the remote computer (12) as a destination device for storing the data content and to send at least one data request stored in the first memory (30) to the selected remote computer (12).

39. The mobile terminal according to claim 38, characterized in that the mobile terminal further comprises:

a connection application (38) configured to set up an association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12), wherein the browsing means (36) are configured to send the at least one data request to the remote computer (12) using the set up association.

40. The mobile terminal according to claim 38, characterized in that the connection application (38) is configured to set up the association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12), when the browsing means (36) are used to select the remote computer (12) as a destination device for storing the data content.

41. The mobile terminal according to claim 40, characterized in that the connection application (38) is configured to set up the association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12) by using a secure link protocol.

42. The mobile terminal according to claim 38, characterized in that the data requests stored in the first memory (30) comprise least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

43. A mobile terminal of storing data content from a data communication network in a remote computer, comprising:

browsing means (36) configured to browse information provided by a data content server (10);

characterized in that;

the mobile terminal (14) further comprises a connection application (38) configured to set up an association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12);

the browsing means (36) are configured to browse data provided by the data content server (10) via a remote proxy application (310) of the remote computer (12) by using the set up association, to send at least one data request to the remote computer (12), to receive at least one data request response from the remote computer (12), and to send a command to the remote computer (12), the command indicating that data content is to be stored in the remote computer (12).

44. The mobile terminal according to claim 43, characterized in that the connection application (38) is configured to set up the association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12) by using a secure link protocol.

45. The mobile terminal according to claim 43, characterized in that the data requests sent by the mobile terminal comprise least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

46. A remote computer for storing data content from a data communication network,

characterized in that the remote computer comprises:

a connection application (304) configured to set up an association between a mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12);

a remote proxy application (310) configured to receive at least one data request from the mobile terminal (14), to send at least one data request to a data content server (10), and to receive a requested data content from the data content server (10); and

a second memory (302) configured to store the data content.

47. The remote computer according to claim 46, characterized in that the connection application (304) is configured to set up the association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12) by using a secure link protocol.

48. The remote computer according to claim 46, characterized in that the remote proxy application (310) is configured to change at least one data request sent by the mobile terminal (14) in order to store the data content in the second memory (302).

49. The remote computer according to claim 46, characterized in that the data requests sent by the mobile terminal (14) comprise at least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.

50. A remote computer for storing data content from a data communication network,

characterized in that the remote computer comprises:

a connection application (304) configured to set up an association between a mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12);

a remote proxy application (310) configured to receive at least one data request from the mobile terminal (14), to send the at least one data request to a data content server (10), to receive at least one data request response from the data content server (10), to send the at least one data request response to the mobile terminal (14), to receive a command from the mobile terminal (14), the command indicating that data content is to be stored in the remote computer (12), to send a data content request to the data content server (10), and to receive the data content from the data content server (10); and

a second memory (302) configured to store the data content from the data content server (10).

51. The remote computer according to claim 50, characterized in that the connection application (304) is configured to set up the association between the mobile terminal (14) and the remote computer (12) by using a secure link protocol.

52. The remote computer according to claim 50, characterized in that the remote proxy application (304) is configured to change at least one data request sent by the mobile terminal (14) in order to store the data content in the second memory (302).

53. The remote computer according to claim 50, characterized in that the data requests sent by the mobile terminal (14) comprise at least one of the following:

login information;

a direct link to the data content;

information associated with at least one data field;

selection information; and

information identifying a communication protocol.