Mobile Device Peripherals Management System and Multi-Data Stream Technology (MdS)

• US 20130125251A1
• Filed: 11/11/2012
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christopher Bernard Johnson
• Original Assignee: Christopher Bernard Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Christopher Bernard
• Granted Patent: US 8,850,610 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/70 Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer

Abstract

A device and system for management of and access to externally connected peripheral devices by mobile devices. User and/or application data on a mobile device is sent to externally connected peripheral devices. External peripheral devices includes, but are not limited to, printers, scanners, displays, audio interfaces, speakers, network adapters, storage drives, hard drives, and the like. An end user mobile device application interface is installed as an application on a mobile device. Data may be sent directly to a peripheral device, or to a peripherals aggregation device, which may be active or passive.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor or microprocessor to perform the following steps:

receiving a request from a mobile computing device to access a peripheral computing device;

authenticating the mobile computing device;

upon authenticating the mobile computing device, forwarding the request from the mobile computing device to the peripheral computing device.

2. The program of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is a smart phone or tablet computer.

3. A mobile computing device with a processor or microprocessor, wherein the processor or microprocessor is programmed to:

receive a request from an application on the mobile computing device to access a non-networked physical peripheral device;

identifying the driver or drivers necessary for operation of the peripheral device; and

sending the request to a peripherals aggregation device for subsequent processing and forwarding to the peripherals device.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the peripherals aggregation device is active.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein the peripherals aggregation device is passive.

6. The device of claim 3, wherein the processor or microprocessor is further programmed to provide authentication data for the mobile computer device.