Method and System for a Hosted Mobile Management Service Architecture
First Claim
1. A system for enabling a user to utilize a web site to manage multimedia data for access by an application on a mobile device, wherein the mobile device supports data packet based communications over a mobile network system, the system comprising:
- a web server component configured to record actions taken by the user on the web site to manage the multimedia data;
a communications engine component configured to;
(i) initiate a network connection with the mobile device, (ii) extract, for each action that relates to the application, a set of file system operation instructions specific to the application, and (iii) transmit each set of file system operation instructions to the mobile device through the network connection; and
a mobile software component resident on the mobile device, wherein the software component is configured to;
(i) receive file system operation instructions from the communications engine component and (ii) perform file system operations corresponding to the received file system operation instructions on the file system of the mobile device.
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Abstract
A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a web browser on a terminal in order to manage the user'"'"'s media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the web browser are transparently sent to the user'"'"'s mobile device where a thin client application receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device'"'"'s file system to reconcile such modifications.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for enabling a user to utilize a web site to manage multimedia data for access by an application on a mobile device, wherein the mobile device supports data packet based communications over a mobile network system, the system comprising:
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a web server component configured to record actions taken by the user on the web site to manage the multimedia data; a communications engine component configured to;
(i) initiate a network connection with the mobile device, (ii) extract, for each action that relates to the application, a set of file system operation instructions specific to the application, and (iii) transmit each set of file system operation instructions to the mobile device through the network connection; anda mobile software component resident on the mobile device, wherein the software component is configured to;
(i) receive file system operation instructions from the communications engine component and (ii) perform file system operations corresponding to the received file system operation instructions on the file system of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing a user a web site to manage multimedia data for use by an application on a mobile device, the method comprising:
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recording actions taken by the user on the web site; extracting, for each action relating to the application, a set of file system operation instructions specific to the application. initiating a network connection with the mobile device; and transmitting each set of file system operations instructions to the mobile device through the network connection. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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