METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE SHARING

• US 20090034463A1
• Filed: 07/11/2008
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Rao, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/171,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20090034463A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• 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 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data

Abstract

Systems and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism for resource sharing. In an embodiment, private informational content associated with a single user is accessed. Shared informational content associated with the single user and another user may also be accessed. The private informational content and the shared informational content are displayed on a same user interface for the single user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing private informational content associated with a single user;

accessing shared informational content associated with the single user and at least one other user; and

displaying the private informational content and the shared informational content on a same user interface for the single user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying comprises:

displaying the private informational content and the shared informational content on the same user interface of a mobile wireless device for the single user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the private informational content comprises at least one of calendar data, an address book, a message board, a task monitor, photograph data, music data, video data, text data, or a combination thereof.

4. A system comprising:

an informational content access module to receive shared informational content for a user from one or more information sources; and

an informational provider module to deliver the shared informational content received from of the one or more information sources to a mobile wireless device associated with the user.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the shared informational content is delivered to a second mobile wireless device associated with a second user.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the plurality of information sources includes at least one of a web interface, a user interface of the mobile wireless device, and an application programming interface (API) of an external application.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the shared informational content comprises at least one of calendar data, an address book, a message board, a task monitor, photograph data, music data, video data, text data, or a combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the shared informational content comprises new informational content.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein the shared informational content comprises modified informational content.

10. A method comprising:

adding an entry in a user configuration table for a user;

identifying shared informational content associated with the user;

adding a synchronization record for the shared informational content to a synchronization table for the user; and

transferring the shared informational content to a mobile wireless device of the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein adding the entry further comprises:

identifying private informational content associated with the user; and

adding the synchronization record for the private informational content to the synchronization table for the user; and

transferring the private informational content to a mobile wireless device of the user.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving an update acknowledgement from the mobile wireless device; and

updating the synchronization table for the user based on the received update acknowledgement.

13. A system comprising:

a synchronization module to remove one or more synchronization records from a synchronization table for a user, the synchronization table retained on a wireless server and capable of synchronizing the wireless server with one or more mobile wireless devices; and

an entry module 1508 to remove an entry in a user configuration table for the user, the user configuration table including one or more entries, each of the one or more entries defining an association between another user and a mobile wireless device of the one or more mobile wireless devices.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a disassociation module to disassociate a private content retainer associated with the user.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the private content retainer comprises a private folder.

16. A machine-readable medium that stores instructions, which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

access informational content, the informational content having a privacy state;

determine a distribution of the informational content to one or more mobile wireless devices based on the privacy state;

access one or more synchronization records associated with informational content based on the distribution determination;

determine a delivery status of the informational content associated with the one or more synchronization records; and

based on the delivery status determination, transfer the informational content to the one or more mobile wireless devices.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more instructions to access informational content includes receiving a modification request for the informational content through a web interface, modifying the informational content in accordance with the modification request, and modifying the one or more synchronization records associated with the informational content.

18. A method comprising:

receiving informational content of a content type, the informational content having a privacy state; and

updating a synchronization table identifying one or more users of mobile wireless clients to be provided with the informational content based on the privacy state.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

transferring the informational content to a mobile wireless device of the at least one user, the provided informational content capable of resynchronizing the mobile wireless device.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

sending a notification regarding the informational content to the at least one user.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

updating a folder of the content type to include the informational content, the folder capable of tracking the privacy state of the informational content.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

updating a content table of the content type to include the informational content, the content table capable of tracking the privacy state of the informational content.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein updating the content table comprises:

adding the informational content to the content table, or

modifying existing informational content of the content table.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein modifying the existing informational content comprises:

determining whether a user associated with the received informational content is an owner of the existing informational content; and

based on the determination, modifying the existing informational content.

25. The method of claim 18, wherein receiving the informational content comprises:

receiving the informational content of a content type from a mobile wireless device.

26. The method of claim 18, wherein updating the synchronization table comprises:

adding an entry to the synchronization table for at least one of the one or more users to be provided with the informational content.

27. The method of claim 18, wherein updating the synchronization table comprises:

modifying an entry to the synchronization table for at least one of the one or more users to be provided with the informational content.

28. The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one user of the one or more users is each of the one or more users except for a user of the one or more users from whom the informational content was received.

29. A system comprising:

an informational content receiver module to receive informational content of a content type from a wireless server;

a content data structure update module to update a content data structure of the content type to include the informational content, the content data structure having the privacy state of the informational content; and

an information display module to display information associated with the informational content on a user interface of a mobile wireless client.

30. The system of claim 29, further comprising:

an acknowledgement provider module to provide an update acknowledgement to the wireless server.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein the informational content is a calendar item, a memo item, a contact item, a task item, a message board item, or an address book item.

32. The system of claim 29, wherein the content data structure is a folder.

33. The system of claim 29, wherein the content data structure is a content table.

34. A machine-readable medium that stores instructions, which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

receive a notification to delete shared informational content of a content type, the shared informational content associated with a plurality of users;

modify a synchronization table for the plurality of users to reflect deletion of the shared informational content; and

provide a deletion request for the shared informational content to a mobile wireless device of at least one user of the plurality of users.

35. The machine-readable medium of claim 34, wherein the instructions include one or more instructions to modify a content data structure of the content type to remove the informational content.

36. The machine-readable medium of claim 34, wherein the instructions include one or more instructions to receive a deletion acknowledgement from the mobile wireless device of the at least one user.

37. The machine-readable medium of claim 34, wherein the one or more instructions to modify the synchronization table includes modifying delivery status of a synchronization record of the synchronization table for each of the plurality of users to reflect deletion of the shared informational content.

38. A machine-readable medium that stores instructions, which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

receive a deletion request for shared informational content of a content type from a wireless server;

update a content data structure of the content type to remove the informational content; and

omit the shared informational content from display of the information associated with the content data structure on a user interface.

39. The machine-readable medium of claim 38, wherein the instructions include one or more instructions to provide a deletion acknowledgement to a wireless server.