PEER-TO-PEER MOBILE DATA TRANSFER METHOD AND DEVICE

• US 20110217999A1
• Filed: 05/18/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uniloc 2017 LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Pendragon Wireless LLC (Pendrell Corporation)
• Inventors: LIN, Daniel J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,649,314 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A technique is provided for a direct data transfer session, including for multimedia content, between mobile devices without the need for using a separate multimedia server to store multimedia content. Direct data transfer sessions between mobile devices are established by transmitting necessary address information through page-based messaging services that utilize the underlying digital mobile network databases and services to resolve the identification and location of the mobile devices.

Claims

1. A method of establishing a data transfer session between mobile devices, the method comprising:

establishing, at a target mobile device, a connection with a page-mode messaging service to receive messages through the page-mode messaging service;

receiving an invitation message from an initiating mobile device through the page-mode messaging service, wherein the invitation message comprises a network address associated with the initiating mobile device, and wherein the target mobile device is located by providing a unique identifier to the page-mode messaging service;

transmitting a response to the initiating mobile device using the network address; and

establishing a data transfer session between the initiating mobile device and the target mobile device, wherein the data transfer session is established in a peer-to-peer fashion without a server intermediating communications through the established data transfer session between the initiating mobile device and the target mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network address of the initiating mobile device is an IP address.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data exchanged during in the data transfer session is multimedia data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the page-mode messaging service transmits discrete page-based messages.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the page-mode messaging service includes store and forward capabilities.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique identifier is a telephone number.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transfer session utilizes a TCP connection.

8. A mobile device enabled to establish a data transfer session with other mobile devices, the mobile device comprising a processor configured to perform the steps of:

establishing a connection with a page-mode messaging service to receive messages through the page-mode messaging service;

receiving an invitation message from an initiating mobile device through the page-mode messaging service, wherein the invitation message comprises a network address associated with the initiating mobile device, and wherein the mobile device is located by providing a unique identifier to the page-mode messaging service;

transmitting a response to the initiating mobile device using the network address; and

establishing a data transfer session between the initiating mobile device and the mobile device, wherein the data transfer session is established in a peer-to-peer fashion without a server intermediating communications through the established data transfer session between the initiating mobile device and the mobile device.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the network address of the initiating mobile device is an IP address.

10. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the data exchanged during in the data transfer session is multimedia data.

11. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the page-mode messaging service transmits discrete page-based messages.

12. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the page-mode messaging service includes store and forward capabilities.

13. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the unique identifier is a telephone number.

14. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the data transfer session utilizes a TCP connection.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed on a processor of a mobile device, causes the processor to establish a data transfer session by performing the steps of:

establishing a connection with a page-mode messaging service to receive messages through the page-mode messaging service;

receiving an invitation message from an initiating mobile device through the page-mode messaging service, wherein the invitation message comprises a network address associated with the initiating mobile device, and wherein the mobile device is located by providing a unique identifier to the page-mode messaging service;

transmitting a response to the initiating mobile device using the network address; and

establishing a data transfer session between the initiating mobile device and the mobile device, wherein the data transfer session is established in a peer-to-peer fashion without a server intermediating communications through the established data transfer session between the initiating mobile device and the mobile device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the network address of the initiating mobile device is an IP address.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the data exchanged during in the data transfer session is multimedia data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the page-mode messaging service transmits discrete page-based messages.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the page-mode messaging service includes store and forward capabilities.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the unique identifier is a telephone number.