METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM TO SHARE INFORMATION BETWEEN MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES

• US 20120297466A1
• Filed: 05/16/2011
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Innovation Center Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm Innovation Center Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Li, Xintian
• Granted Patent: US 8,776,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1085 Content sharing, e.g. peer-to-peer [P2P]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/42 using separate channels for security data

Abstract

A mobile computing device comprising a first application adapted to provide information to a server. The information is adapted to be shared by the server with at least one additional mobile computing device when the at least one additional mobile computing device is located within a specified range of the mobile computing device. Additionally, a password entered through a second application located on the additional mobile computing device may be required to correspond to a password received from the mobile computing device in order to share the information. Furthermore, the additional mobile computing device may be required to access the information within a specified time period.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device comprising,

a first application adapted to provide information to a server, wherein the information is adapted to be shared by the server with at least one additional mobile computing device;

and wherein,

the information is shared when,

the at least one additional mobile computing device is located within a specified range of the mobile computing device, and

at least one of,

a password is entered through a second application corresponds to a password received from the mobile computing device, the second application being located on the at least one additional mobile computing device, and

the information is accessed by the at least one additional mobile computing device within a specified time period.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein the password comprises at least one of,

text;

a picture;

a sound; and

a device movement.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1 further comprising,

an Android mobile operating system;

and wherein,

the information comprises HTML content; and

at least one of the first application and the second application comprises a web browser.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein, the information comprises,

at least one of,

contact information,

one or more photos, and

one or more documents;

and further comprising sharing criteria comprising a location of the first mobile computing device.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 4 wherein, the sharing criteria further comprises a location range of the first mobile computing device.

6. A method of sharing information between mobile computing devices comprising,

locating a first mobile computing device at a first location;

locating a second mobile computing device at a second location, the second location being proximate the first location;

sending content from the first mobile computing device to a network device, wherein the content includes,

the first location,

a location range for sharing the content, and

a period of time for accessing the content;

sending a request for the content from the second mobile computing device to the network device, the request comprising the second location; and

providing the content from the network device to the second mobile computing device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein,

sending content from the first mobile computing device to a network device comprises sending the content over a first connection;

sending a request for the content from the second mobile computing device to the network device comprises, sending the request and providing a password to the network device over a second connection; and

further comprising,

providing the password from the first mobile computing device to the second mobile computing device over a third connection prior to sending a request for the content from the second mobile computing device to the network device.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising, sending a content update from the first mobile computing device to the network device.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein, providing the content from the network device to the second mobile computing device comprises,

creating a content list, and

providing the content list to the second mobile computing device;

and further comprising,

selecting at least one content item from the content list; and

sending content associated with the at least one content item from the network device to the second mobile computing device.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising, filtering the list on one of the network device and the second mobile computing device, wherein the filtering is based on a content type.

11. The method of claim 6 wherein, one of the first location and the second location comprise at least one of,

a location determined from an on-board location device;

and

a location determined from a network initiated location service.

12. A mobile computing system comprising,

means for sharing content from a first mobile computing device, the mobile computing device comprising,

one or more first applications adapted to provide the content to share,

a first API adapted to enable a first mobile computing device sharing criteria, and

a first mobile operating system adapted to add sharing criteria comprising a first mobile computing device location to the content;

means for requesting to receive the content to share, wherein the request is sent from a second mobile computing device, the second mobile device comprising,

one or more second applications adapted to request the content to share,

a second API adapted to enable a second mobile computing device sharing criteria, and

a second mobile operating system adapted to add a second mobile computing device location to the request to receive the content; and

means for receiving the content from the first mobile computing device at a network device comprising at least one database, the network device adapted to,

write the content to the at least one database,

receive the request to receive the content form the second mobile computing device,

read the content from the at least one database,

review the first mobile computing device sharing criteria and the second mobile computing device sharing criteria, and

send the content to share to the second mobile computing device.

13. The mobile computing system of claim 12 wherein, the network device is adapted to,

compare the second mobile computing device location to the first mobile computing device location;

and

determine whether the second mobile computing device is located with a specified range of the first mobile computing device.

14. The mobile computing system of claim 12 further comprising,

means for providing the content to share across a first secure communication channel from the first mobile computing device to the network device;

means for providing the content to share across a second secure communication channel from the network device to the second communication device, the second communication channel being a separate communication channel from the first communication channel;

means for providing a password across a third secure communication channel from the first mobile computing device to the second mobile computing device, the third communication channel being different than the first and second communication channels.

15. The mobile computing system of claim 12 wherein, at least one of the first application and second application, first API and second API, and the first mobile operating system and second mobile operating system are adapted to include in the content to share at least one of,

GNSS information, and

hardware-specific information.

16. The mobile computing system of claim 12 wherein,

the first mobile computing device sharing criteria and the second mobile computing device sharing criteria comprise,

a password, and

a time-based sharing criteria;

and

at least one of the one or more second applications comprises a web browser comprising a location-based add-on.

17. A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium encoded with processor-readable instructions to perform a method of sharing content from a first mobile computing device comprising,

enabling one or more sharing parameters;

providing the content to a server through a first communication channel;

providing a password to a second mobile computing device, wherein,

the second mobile computing device is adapted to, provide the password to the server through a second communication channel, and

request the content from the server through the second communication channel, and

the password is provided to the second mobile computing device through a third communication channel.

18. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the content comprises HTML content.

19. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more sharing parameters comprise,

a sharing range relative to a location of the first mobile computing device;

and

a sharing time limit.

20. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the method further comprising, using a first mobile computing device secured platform software to attach a first mobile computing device location to the content.

21. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the method further comprising, disabling sharing of the content.