Wireless hub and data store

• US 20070136490A1
• Filed: 12/14/2005
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Freitag, Brandon
• Application Number:
  US11/302,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20070136490A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/238
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with a personal wireless hub and data store are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes logic for wireless communication to a very local area network. The example system also includes a memory configured to store data for devices on the very local area network and logic for managing the stored data.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store application data for one or more electronic devices operating in a very local wireless network, the memory being located in a computing device separate from the electronic devices;

a data control logic operably connected to the memory, the data control logic being configured to receive application data from the electronic devices, to selectively provide application data to the memory, to manipulate application data stored in the memory, and to selectively provide application data stored in the memory to the electronic devices; and

a communication logic operably connected to the memory, the communication logic being configured to communicate application data between the computing device in which the memory is located and the electronic devices using the very local wireless network.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the communication logic also being configured to communicate with a computing device not operating in the very local wireless network.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, the communication logic being configured to control a transceiver to communicate with the very local wireless network.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, the application data comprising cellular telephone data, personal digital assistant data, music, video, and contact data.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, the electronic devices including one or more of, a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant, an MP3 player, and an MPEG player.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, the communication logic being configured to control a transceiver to communicate with a second wireless network on which the computing device not operating in the very local wireless network is operating.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, the very local wireless network operating at a range of less than two meters and with a power of less than 10 milliwatts.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, the second network operating at a range of more than 100 meters and with a power of more than 500 milliwatts.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, the data control logic being configured to manage a relational database and to manipulate application data stored in the memory as a portion of a relational database table.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, the data control logic being configured to manage application data stored in the memory to be shareable between two or more electronic devices on the very local wireless network and to be synchronized between two or more electronic devices on the very local wireless network.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, the data control logic being configured to implement a portion of a two-stage security procedure involving both the apparatus and an electronic device operating on the very local wireless network.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to store application data for one or more electronic devices operating in a very local wireless network, the memory being located in a computing device separate from the electronic devices, the electronic devices including one or more of, a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant, an MP3 player, and an MPEG player, the application data comprising one or more of, cellular telephone data, personal digital assistant data, music, video, and contact data;

a data control logic operably connected to the memory, the data control logic being configured to receive application data from the electronic devices, to selectively provide application data to the memory, to manipulate application data stored in the memory, to selectively provide application data stored in the memory to the electronic devices, to manage a relational database table, to manipulate application data stored in the memory as a portion of the relational database table, to manage application data stored in the memory to be shareable between two or more electronic devices on the very local wireless network, and to manage application data stored in the memory to be synchronized between two or more electronic devices on the very local wireless network; and

a communication logic operably connected to the memory, the communication logic being configured to communicate application data between the computing device in which the memory is located and the electronic devices using the very local wireless network, the communication logic being configured to communicate with a computing device not operating in the very local wireless network, the communication logic being configured to control a transceiver to communicate with the very local wireless network, the communication logic being configured to control a transceiver to communicate with a second wireless network on which the computing device not operating in the very local wireless network is operating;

the very local wireless network operating at a range of less than two meters and with a power of less than 10 milliwatts;

the second wireless network operating at a range of more than 100 meters and with a power of more than 500 milliwatts.

13. A wireless hub and data store apparatus, comprising:

a first wireless communication circuit configured to communicate at a range of no more than three meters with one or more personal electronic devices on a very local area network (VLAN);

a second wireless communication circuit configured to communicate at a range of up to at least ten meters with one or more wireless communication devices not on the VLAN; and

a data store operably connected to the first wireless communication circuit and the second wireless communication circuit, the data store being configured to store data for one or more of the personal electronic devices on the VLAN.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, the data store being configured to store data that is unique to a personal electronic device in one or more first logical storage areas and to store data that is common to two or more personal electronic devices in a second logical storage area.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, the data store being configured to provide one or more first security logics for the one or more first logical storage areas and to provide a second security logic for the second logical storage area.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, the data store being configured as a relational database.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, the data including songs, videos, email addresses, addresses, telephone numbers, and personal identification data.

18. A method, comprising:

controlling a wireless hub to communicate with one or more personal computing devices over a very local area wireless network; and

managing, on the wireless hub, a relational database configured to store data for one or more of the personal computing devices;

the method being performed on the wireless hub.

19. The method of claim 18, where managing the relational database includes creating one or more relational database tables.

20. The method of claim 19, where managing the relational database includes securing data in the relational database, sharing data between two or more personal computing devices, and maintaining synchronization for data shared between two or more personal computing devices.

21. The method of claim 18, including controlling the wireless hub to communicate with one or more wireless computing devices over a second wireless network.

22. A computer-readable medium storing processor executable instructions operable to perform a method on a wireless hub, the method comprising:

controlling a wireless hub to communicate with one or more personal computing devices over a very local area wireless network;

controlling the wireless hub to communicate with one or more wireless computing devices over a second wireless network; and

controlling the wireless hub to perform one or more of, managing a relational database, securing data in the wireless hub, sharing data between two or more personal computing devices, and maintaining synchronization for data shared between two or more personal computing devices.

23. A system, comprising:

means for remotely storing data for one or more wireless electronic apparatus connected to a very local area wireless network;

means for managing data stored in the means for storing; and

means for communicating with the one or more wireless electronic apparatus.

24. A data packet for communicating personal electronic data between a personal computing apparatus and a personal wireless hub, comprising:

a first field that stores a device identifier;

a second field that stores a very local area network control data; and

a third field that stores personal electronic data.

25. A set of application programming interfaces embodied on a computer-readable medium for execution by a computer component in conjunction with managing data and managing data communications for a short range wireless hub, comprising:

a first interface for communicating a short range transceiver control data; and

a second interface for communicating a memory control data for a memory operably connected to the short range transceiver.