METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY POSTING A GRAPHIC IDENTIFIER TO A PLURALITY OF SERVERS

• US 20110264728A1
• Filed: 04/20/2011
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Cundill, Andrew Philip
• Application Number:
  US13/090,568
• Publication Number:
  US 20110264728A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

The present specification relates generally to computing devices and more particular relates to a method and apparatus for electronically posting a graphic identifier to a plurality of servers. In one aspect, a mobile electronic device is equipped with a camera configured to capture a graphic. The mobile electronic device is further equipped to access at least one of a plurality of networking accounts hosted by servers connected to a network that also connects to said mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device is configured to automatically post said graphic as an avatar associated with one or more of said networking accounts.

Claims

1. A method for electronically posting a graphic identifier to a plurality of servers, the method comprising:

receiving a graphic at a processor of a mobile electronic device;

receiving, at said processor, an instruction to post said graphic as a graphic identifier on two or more accounts that are associated with said mobile electronic device;

identifying, using said processor, said two or more accounts;

connecting, via a network, to at least one of said plurality of servers hosting said two or more accounts; and

transmitting, via said network, said graphic for publication as a graphic identifier for said two or more accounts.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said graphic comprises a photograph captured by said mobile electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said instruction is received from a menu generated within a camera application within said mobile electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said instruction is a single instruction.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said transmitting is effected via a plug-in application that is configured to interact with an application on each of said at least one of said plurality of servers.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said two or more accounts is a social networking account.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said two or more accounts is an instant message account.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said two or more accounts is an online community account.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said two or more accounts is an enterprise email account.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising automatically transmitting said graphic to all said two or more accounts which have been logged in from said mobile electronic device.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said two or more accounts which have been logged in are logged in via provision of authentication of log in credentials prior to performance of said method.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said graphic corresponds to an avatar for each of said two or more accounts.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting said two or more accounts prior to said connecting and said transmitting.

14. A mobile electronic device for posting a graphic identifier to a plurality of servers, comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive a graphic;

receive an instruction to post said graphic as a graphic identifier on two or more accounts that are associated with said mobile electronic device; and

identify said two or more accounts associated with said plurality of servers hosting said two or more accounts; and

a network interface, under control of said processor, the network interface configured to;

connect, via a network, to at least one of said plurality of servers; and

transmit via said network said graphic for publication as a graphic identifier for said two or more accounts.

15. The mobile electronic device of claim 14, further comprising an optical capture unit under control of said processer, wherein said graphic comprises a photograph captured by said optical capture unit.

16. The mobile electronic device of claim 15 further comprising a camera application under control of said processor, wherein said instruction is receive from a menu generated within said camera application.

17. The mobile electronic device of claim 14 wherein said instruction is a single instruction.

18. The mobile electronic device of claim 14, further comprising a plug-in application under control of said processor, said plug-in application configured to interact with an application on each of said at least one of said plurality of servers, wherein said transmit is effected via the plug-in application.

19. The mobile electronic device of claim 14 wherein said account is a social networking account.

20. A computer program product, for a mobile electronic device comprising a processor, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computer-readable code adapted to be executed on the processor to implement a method for electronically posting a graphic identifier to a plurality of servers, the method comprising:

receiving a graphic at a processor of a mobile electronic device;

receiving at said processor an instruction to post said graphic as a graphic identifier on two or more accounts that are associated with said mobile electronic device;

identifying using said processor said two or more accounts;

connecting via a network to at least one of said plurality of servers hosting said two or more accounts; and

transmitting via said network said graphic for publication as a graphic identifier for said two or more accounts.