System and method of dynamically persisting data and settings to a network location

• US 20070294398A1
• Filed: 06/19/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Epshteyn, Alan J.
• Application Number:
  US11/455,558
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294398A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1787 Details of non-transparently synchronising file systems

Abstract

Described is a system and method for dynamically persisting data and settings to a network location. The system may include a network device which receives wireless communications from a mobile unit. The wireless communications may include user information for the mobile unit to be stored. The system may also include a network storage device which receives and stores the user information. The network storage device makes the user information available for retrieval by the user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

monitoring a wirelessly enabled mobile unit to determine whether user information has changed;

determining whether the mobile unit is connected to a network; and

persisting the changed user information to a network location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user information includes one of data and settings.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

queuing the user information to be persisted if the mobile unit is not connected to the network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the persisting is further based on a timer.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a disconnection of the mobile unit from the network, the detecting being based on one of a timer and a change indicator, prior to reconnecting the mobile unit.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the network location is a network database.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving the data and settings from the network location to the mobile unit.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

performing a security measure to allow the retrieving.

9. A system, comprising:

a network device receiving wireless communications from a mobile unit, the wireless communications including user information for the mobile unit to be stored; and

a network storage device receiving and storing the user information, the network storage device making the user information available for retrieval by the user.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the user information includes one of data and user settings.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the network storage device includes a database for storing the user information.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein a user identification is required to retrieve the user-information.

13. A device, comprising:

first means for wirelessly communicating with a network;

second means for determining whether user information has changed on the device; and

third means for communicating the changed user information to a network location via the wireless communication arrangement.

14. The device of claim 13, further comprising:

fourth means for confirming a connection to the network.

15. The device of claim 13, further comprising:

fifth means for queuing the user information to be persisted if the device is not connected to the network.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein the network location is a network database.

17. The device of claim 13, further comprising:

sixth means for retrieving the user information from the network location to the device.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the sixth means performs a security measure to allow the retrieving.

19. The device of claim 13, wherein the user information includes one of data and settings.

20. The device of claim 13, wherein addition of new user information is a change of the user information.

21. A device, comprising:

a wireless communication arrangement communicating with a communications network; and

a processor determining if user information has changed on the device, the processor communicating the changed user information to a network location via the wireless communication arrangement.