SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICES

• US 20090282124A1
• Filed: 05/11/2008
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: RAUHALA, Ari-Petri Olavi, BURNEVSKY, Sergey Alexandrovich
• Granted Patent: US 8,185,601 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/216
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• 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 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers

Abstract

A system configured for facilitating the sharing of information between apparatuses. An apparatus may include one or more applications that, for example, upon configuration and execution, may yield information that may also be stored in the apparatus. At some point a determination may be made that stored information is to be shared with other users. In order to enable the sharing of this information, global identification information may be assigned by, and obtained from, a remote resource. The global identification information may be used to modify identification information corresponding to the information to be shared so that other apparatuses may locate, and/or request access to, the shared information. Further, the other apparatuses may request transmission of shared information stored in the remote resource using the global identifier, or may receive shared information from the apparatus without explicitly requesting it.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

activating an application residing in an apparatus;

configuring the application prior to execution;

storing data resulting from executing the configured application;

receiving global identification information from a remote resource; and

modifying identification information pertaining to the stored data based on the

global identification information received in the apparatus.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least the apparatus and the remote resource are enabled to communicate wirelessly.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the configured application comprises determining whether additional information is required to complete execution.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the application requests the additional information from the remote resource via wireless communication, at least part of the received additional information being utilized in formulating the stored information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the stored data is to be shared, and if the stored data is to be shared.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising requesting the global identification information from the remote resource if it determined that the stored data is to be shared.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored information is at least one of identifiable and/or accessible by another apparatus based on the global identification information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the apparatus transmits the stored data to another apparatus in response to a request based on the global identification information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the apparatus sends one or more unsolicited messages to another apparatus, the messages including at least the global identification information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein another apparatus accesses a data collection residing in the remote resource, the data collection including global identification information for resources accessible by the other apparatus including at least the stored information.

17. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the stored information is at least one of identifiable and/or accessible by another apparatus based on the global identification information.

18. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the apparatus transmits the stored data to another apparatus in response to a request based on the global identification information.

19. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the apparatus sends one or more unsolicited messages to another apparatus, the messages including at least the global identification information.

20. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein another apparatus accesses a data collection residing in the remote resource, the data collection including global identification information for resources accessible by the other apparatus including at least the stored information.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, comprising:

a computer readable program code configured to activate an application residing in an apparatus;

a computer readable program code configured to configure the application prior to execution;

a computer readable program code configured to store data resulting from executing the configured application;

a computer readable program code configured to receive global identification information from a remote resource; and

a computer readable program code configured to modify identification information pertaining to the stored data based on the global identification information received in the apparatus.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein at least the apparatus and the remote resource are enabled to communicate wirelessly.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein executing the configured application comprises determining whether additional information is required to complete execution.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the application requests the additional information from the remote resource via wireless communication, at least part of the received additional information being utilized in formulating the stored information.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising determining whether the stored data is to be shared, and if the stored data is to be shared.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising requesting the global identification information from the remote resource if it determined that the stored data is to be shared.

21. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one communication module configured to support wired and/or wireless communication; and

a controller, the controller being configured to;

activate an application residing in an apparatus;

configure the application prior to execution;

store data resulting from executing the configured application;

receive global identification information from a remote resource; and

modify identification information pertaining to the stored data based on the global identification information received in the apparatus.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein at least the apparatus and the remote resource are enabled to communicate wirelessly.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein executing the configured application comprises determining whether additional information is required to complete execution.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the application requests the additional information from the remote resource via wireless communication, at least part of the received additional information being utilized in formulating the stored information.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising determining whether the stored data is to be shared, and if the stored data is to be shared.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising requesting the global identification information from the remote resource if it determined that the stored data is to be shared.

27. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the stored information is at least one of identifiable and/or accessible by another apparatus based on the global identification information.

28. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the apparatus transmits the stored data to another apparatus in response to a request based on the global identification information.

29. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the apparatus sends one or more unsolicited messages to another apparatus, the messages including at least the global identification information.

30. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein another apparatus accesses a data collection residing in the remote resource, the data collection including global identification information for resources accessible by the other apparatus including at least the stored information.

31. An apparatus, comprising:

means for activating an application residing in an apparatus;

means for configuring the application prior to execution;

means for storing data resulting from executing the configured application;

means for receiving global identification information from a remote resource; and

means for modifying identification information pertaining to the stored data based on the global identification information received in the apparatus.

32. A chipset, comprising:

a processor; and

at least one memory, the at least one memory being configured with computer readable program code that, when executed by the processor;

activates an application residing in an apparatus;

configures the application prior to execution;

stores data resulting from executing the configured application;

receives global identification information from a remote resource; and

modifies identification information pertaining to the stored data based on the global identification information received in the apparatus.

33. A system comprising:

At least one apparatus; and

a remote resource;

the at least one apparatus activating an application, the application being configured prior to execution;

the at least one apparatus storing data resulting from executing the configured application; and

the at least one apparatus receiving global identification information from the remote resource and modifying identification information pertaining to the stored data based on the global identification information received in the apparatus.

34. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one communication module configured to support wired and/or wireless communication; and

a controller, the controller being configured to;

receive data from at least one apparatus;

generate global identification information;

assign the global identification information to the received data; and

transmit at least the assigned global identification information to the at least one apparatus.