SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING MOBILE DEVICE CONTENT
First Claim
1. A method for sharing content between a content-storing device and a requesting mobile communication device, the method comprising:
- granting access permission to at least one mobile communication device;
publishing selected content from content stored on the content-storing device, the published content available for searching by the requesting mobile communication device having access permission;
determining whether the requesting mobile communication device was granted permission to access the published content; and
if the requesting mobile communication device was granted permission to access the content, providing the requesting mobile communication device with access to the published content.
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Abstract
A method, system and mobile communication device for searching, sharing and accessing content stored on a mobile or computing device. The exemplary embodiments disclosed herein allow a mobile communication device (402) (“content-requesting device”) to access other, published content made available on other mobile devices (404, 406) and computers (408) (“content-storing device”). The user of the content-storing device (404, 406, 408) selects all or a portion of the content that will be made available (“published”) to other content-requesting devices (402). When a user of a content-requesting device (402) wishes to search for content on other content-storing devices (404, 406, 408) he or she can send out a search request, or, in the alternative, be notified when other content-storing devices (404, 406, 408) have published content available for access. The content-requesting device (402) can then search for and access published content. A mobile device can be both a content-requesting device and a content-storing device.
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1. A method for sharing content between a content-storing device and a requesting mobile communication device, the method comprising:
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granting access permission to at least one mobile communication device; publishing selected content from content stored on the content-storing device, the published content available for searching by the requesting mobile communication device having access permission; determining whether the requesting mobile communication device was granted permission to access the published content; and if the requesting mobile communication device was granted permission to access the content, providing the requesting mobile communication device with access to the published content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communication system for sharing content, the system including at least one content-requesting device in communication with at least one content-storing device, the system comprising:
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a permissions module for granting access permission to specified content-requesting devices in order to access content stored on the at least one content-storing device; a content-publishing module for publishing content stored on the at least one content-storing device, the published content available for searching by the at least one content-requesting device having access permission; and an access module for providing the at least one content-requesting device with access to the published content. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile communication device having stored content thereon, the mobile communication device comprising:
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a permissions module for granting access permission to specified content-requesting devices in order to access the content; a content-publishing module for publishing the content, the published content available for searching by the content-requesting device having access permission; and an access module for providing the content-requesting device with access to the published content. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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