Secondary mobile device

• US 20130036187A1
• Filed: 08/01/2011
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Messer, Alan, Noh, Kyoung-Lae
• Granted Patent: US 9,560,504 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/203 for converged personal network application service interworking, e.g. OMA converged personal network services [CPNS]

Abstract

In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided comprising: receiving application data from a primary mobile device, wherein the application data is received via hooks designed to automatically send the application data received by or sent from an application on the primary mobile device; and sending the application data to one or more secondary mobile devices that are registered to the primary mobile device, wherein each of the secondary mobile devices are resource limited devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving application data from a primary mobile device, wherein the application data is received via hooks designed to automatically send the application data received by or sent from an application on the primary mobile device; and

sending the application data to one or more secondary mobile devices that are registered to the primary mobile device, wherein each of the secondary mobile devices are resource limited devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the hooks are contained in client software that interfaces directly with an operating system of the primary mobile device to intercept communications between applications and the operating system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the hooks are contained in a plug-in to the application on the primary mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon receiving notification of a user action from the one or more secondary mobile devices, sending notification of the user action to the primary mobile device and all other secondary mobile devices registered to the primary mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the application data is a notification.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the application data is a text message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the application data is a voice mail message.

8. A server comprising:

a memory storing a list having a plurality of members, each of the members being either a primary or secondary mobile device, wherein only one primary mobile device is a member of the list;

one or more communications interfaces designed to communicate with each member of the list;

a processor configured to;

receive application data from a primary mobile device via one of the communications interfaces, wherein the application data is received via hooks designed to automatically send the application data received by or sent from an application on the primary mobile device; and

send the application data to one or more secondary mobile devices that are members of the list via one of the communications interfaces, wherein each of the secondary mobile devices are resource limited devices.

9. The server of claim 8, wherein the server is controlled by a service provider.

10. The server of claim 8, wherein the server is part of a home network.

11. A secondary mobile device comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

a power supply;

wherein the processor, memory, and power supply are resource limited such that an application running on a primary mobile device cannot be adequately run on the secondary mobile device;

a wireless radio; and

a user interface designed to receive application data via the wireless radio from a server, wherein the server receives the application data from the primary mobile device via hooks designed to automatically send the application data received by or sent from the application, wherein the secondary mobile device is registered to the primary mobile device with the server, and to communicate the application data to a user of the secondary mobile device.

12. The secondary mobile device of claim 11, wherein the user interface is further designed to detect user input in response to the communication of application data to the user and to send information regarding the user input to the server via the wireless radio.

13. The secondary mobile device of claim 11, further comprising a display, wherein the user interface communicates the application data to the user by displaying it on the display.

14. The secondary mobile device of claim 12, further comprising a touchscreen display, wherein the user interface communicates the application data to the user by displaying it on the display, and wherein the user interface detects user input by detecting user touch on the touchscreen display.

15. A non-transitory program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method comprising:

receiving application data from a primary mobile device, wherein the application data is received via hooks designed to automatically send the application data received by or sent from an application on the primary mobile device; and

sending the application data to one or more secondary mobile devices registered with a server, wherein each of the secondary mobile devices are resource limited devices.

16. The non-transitory program storage device of claim 15, wherein the primary mobile device is a smartphone.

17. The non-transitory program storage device of claim 15, wherein the primary mobile device is a tablet computer.

18. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving application data from a primary mobile device, wherein the application data is received via hooks designed to automatically send the application data received by or sent from an application on the primary mobile device; and

means for sending the application data to one or more secondary mobile devices that are registered with a server, wherein each of the secondary mobile devices are resource limited devices.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:

means for, upon receiving notification of a user action from the one or more secondary mobile devices that was in response to the one or more secondary mobile devices communicating the application data to a user, sending notification of the user action to the primary mobile device and all other secondary mobile devices registered to the primary mobile device.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the hooks are contained in client software that interfaces directly with an operating system of the primary mobile device to intercept communications between applications and the operating system.