MULTI-DEVICE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20080177878A1
• Filed: 01/22/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pierce, Jeffrey Scott
• Application Number:
  US11/625,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20080177878A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

A communication method and system. The method includes receiving, by a computing system, user identification data identifying a first user. The computing system receives first device identification data identifying a first device belonging to the user and second device identification data identifying a second device belonging to the first user. The computing system associates the first device identification data and the second device identification data with the first user identification data. The computing system transmits connection data and the second device identification data to the first device. The computing system receives first informational data for the user. The computing system transmits to the first device and the second device, copies of the first informational data.

Claims

1. A communication method comprising:

receiving, by a computing system, first user identification data identifying a first user, said computing system comprising a memory device;

storing, said first user identification data in said memory device;

receiving, by said computing system, first device identification data identifying a first device belonging to said first user, wherein said first device is a cellular telephone;

storing said first device identification data in said memory device;

associating, by said computing system, said first device identification data with said first user identification data;

accepting, by said computing system, a first connection between said first device and said computing system;

receiving, by said computing system, second device identification data identifying a second device belonging to said first user, wherein said second device is a personal digital assistant;

storing said second device identification data in said memory device;

associating, by said computing system, said second device identification data with said first user identification data;

accepting, by said computing system, a second connection between said second device and said computing system;

transmitting, by said computing system to said first device, said second device identification data;

transmitting, by said computing system to said first device, first connection data associated with said second connection, wherein said first connection data indicates that said second device is currently available;

receiving, by said computing system, first informational data for said first user;

storing, said first informational data in said memory device;

setting, by said computing system in response to a first command from said user, sharing permissions associated with said first informational data, wherein said sharing permissions indicate that said first informational data may be transmitted to additional users;

transmitting, by said computing system to said first device and said second device, copies of said first informational data;

receiving, by said computing system, third device identification data identifying a third device belonging to said first user, wherein said third device is a laptop computer;

storing said third device identification data in said memory device;

associating, by said computing system, said third device identification data with said first user identification data;

accepting, by said computing system, a third connection between said third device and said computing system;

transmitting, by said computing system to said first device and said second device, said third device identification data;

transmitting, by said computing system to said first device and said second device, second connection data associated with said third connection, wherein said second connection data indicates that said third device is currently available;

transmitting, by said computing system to said third device, a copy of said first informational data;

disconnecting, by said computing system, said first connection between said first device and said computing system;

transmitting, by said computing system to said second device and said third device, third connection data associated with said first connection, wherein said third connection data indicates that said first device is currently unavailable; and

suspending, by said computing system, communication with said first device.

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