APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COMPLETE DATA MIGRATION FROM A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20070260759A1
• Filed: 04/14/2006
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Scott, Willie
• Application Number:
  US11/279,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20070260759A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1441 Resetting or repowering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2015 Redundant power supplies power supply failure G06F1/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for retrieving data from a portable wireless communication device. An initiation module is included to initiate wireless communication between a portable wireless communication device and the apparatus. The portable wireless communication device is in an off state and the wireless communication is facilitated by a secondary power source in the portable wireless communication device. A location module is included to locate data to be transferred from the portable wireless communication device to the apparatus. A transfer module is included to transfer the located data from the portable wireless communication device to the apparatus via wireless communication.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code programmed for retrieving data from a portable wireless communication device, the operations of the computer program product comprising:

receiving at a portable wireless communication device a wireless communication request from a computer to initiate wireless communication, wherein the portable wireless communication device is in an off state and the wireless communication is facilitated by a secondary power source in the portable wireless communication device;

locating data to be transferred from the portable wireless communication device to the computer; and

transferring the located data from the portable wireless communication device to the computer via wireless communication.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein receiving a wireless communication request further comprises toggling on a switch in the portable wireless communication device to enable wireless communication with the computer.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising disabling access to data stored on the portable wireless communication device in response to transferring at least a portion of the located data to the computer.

4. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein disabling access to data comprises removing data stored on the portable wireless communication device.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein transferring data further comprises prioritizing the located data and transferring the located data in order of priority.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising disabling at least one function of the portable wireless communication device.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the portable wireless communication device provides no indication to a user regarding the wireless communication between the portable wireless communication device and the computer.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the off state comprises a main power source of the portable wireless communication device in a substantially depleted state.

9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the off state comprises the portable wireless communication device switched off.

10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the secondary power source is selected from the group consisting of a battery and a capacitor.

11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the portable wireless communication device is selected from the group consisting of a cell phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (“

PDA”

) and a portable wireless computer.

12. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein at least one communication function of the portable wireless communication device is inoperable for normal communication of the portable wireless communication device.

13. A system method for retrieving data from a portable wireless communication device, the system method comprising:

initiating wireless communication between a portable wireless communication device and a computer;

transmitting a request to the portable wireless communication device to switch to a secondary power source in the portable wireless communication device; and

transmitting a request to the portable wireless communication device to transfer data from a pre-defined location on the portable wireless communication device to the computer via wireless communication and receiving the data.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising browsing data in the pre-defined location and wherein the request to transfer data comprises a request to transmit selected data from the pre-defined location.

15. The system method of claim 13, wherein the portable wireless communication device communicates with the computer over a primary wireless communication network for normal operation and over a secondary wireless communication network to transfer the data.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code programmed to retrieve data from a portable wireless communication device, the operations of the computer program product comprising:

initiating wireless communication between a portable wireless communication device and a computer;

transmitting a request to the portable wireless communication device to switch to a secondary power source in the portable wireless communication device; and

transmitting a request to the portable wireless communication device to transfer data from a pre-selected location on the portable wireless communication device to the computer via wireless communication and receiving the data.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer is one of a group consisting of a second portable wireless communication device and a server.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising determining the location of the portable wireless communication device.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising disabling at least a portion of the functionality of the portable wireless communication device.

20. An apparatus to transmit data from a portable wireless communication device, the apparatus comprising:

a response module configured to respond to a wireless communication request from a computer to initiate wireless communication between a portable wireless communication device and the computer, wherein the portable wireless communication device is in an off state and the wireless communication is facilitated by a secondary power source in the portable wireless communication device;

a data selection module configured to locate data to be transferred from the portable wireless communication device to the computer; and

a data transfer module configured to transfer the located data from the portable wireless communication device to the computer via wireless communication.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the response module further comprises a switch module configured to toggle on a switch in the portable wireless communication device to enable the wireless communication with the computer.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the response module further comprises a security module configured to authenticate validity of the wireless communication request from the computer to initiate the wireless communication.