SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING DATA BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20140148091A1
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Sedlacek, Jiri, Husar, Radoslav
• Granted Patent: US 10,631,134 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1065 Discovery involving distributed pre-established resource-based relationships among peers, e.g. based on distributed hash tables [DHT] pre-configuration of logical or physical connections H04L67/1053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A mechanism for distributing data between mobile devices. A method includes creating, by a processing device, a group comprising of mobile devices in an ad-hoc mode that share data. The mobile devices are located within a pre-defined range. The method also includes identifying, by the processing device, at least a portion of the data available for sharing in at least one of the mobile devices. The method also includes replicating, by the processing device, the identified data for distribution to the mobile devices. The method further includes distributing, by the processing device, the replicated data to the at least one of the mobile devices in the immediate mode when the at least one of the mobile devices is within the pre-defined range.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

creating, by a processing device, a group comprising of mobile devices in an ad-hoc mode that share data, wherein the mobile devices are located within a pre-defined range;

identifying, by the processing device, at least a portion of the data available for sharing in in at least one of the mobile devices;

replicating, by the processing device, the identified data for distribution to the mobile devices; and

distributing, by the processing device, the replicated data to the at least one of the mobile devices in the immediate mode when the at least one of the mobile devices is within the pre-defined range.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing criteria for the data, wherein the criteria comprises at least one of data type, file type, time of capture of the data, time of creation of the data, and time window for syncing the group.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the replicated data is distributed based on the criteria.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising temporarily storing the replicated data when at least one of the mobile devices is outside the pre-defined range at a time of the distributing of the replicated data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising retransmitting the stored replicated data to the at least one of mobile devices in a send-later mode when the at least one of the mobile devices outside the pre-defined range return back into the pre-defined range.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the stored replicated data is retransmitted based on the criteria.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a request to the mobile devices located within the pre-defined range to become member of the group.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising, receiving a response from the mobile devices located within the pre-defined range, the response comprising a confirmation to be a member of the group.

9. A system comprising:

a processing device;

a memory coupled to the processing device; and

a data distribution processing module executable from the memory by the processing device, the data distribution processing module to;

create a group comprising of mobile devices in an ad-hoc mode that share data, wherein the mobile devices are located within a pre-defined range;

identify at least a portion of the data available for sharing in at least one of the mobile devices;

replicate the identified data for distribution to the mobile devices; and

distribute the replicated data to the at least one of the mobile devices in the immediate mode when the at least one of the mobile devices is within the pre-defined range.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the data distribution processing module to establish criteria for the data wherein the criteria comprises at least one of data type, file type, time of capture of the data, time of creation of the data, and time window for syncing the group.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the replicated data is distributed based on the criteria.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the data distribution processing module to temporarily store the replicated data when at least one of the mobile devices is outside the pre-defined range at a time of the distribute of the replicated data.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the data distribution processing module to retransmit the stored replicated data to the at least one of mobile devices in a send-later mode when the at least one of the mobile devices outside the pre-defined range return back into the pre-defined range.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the stored replicated data is retransmitted based on the criteria.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

creating, by a processing device, a group comprising of mobile devices in an ad-hoc mode that share data, wherein the mobile devices are located within a pre-defined range;

identifying, by the processing device, at least a portion of the data available for sharing in in at least one of the mobile devices;

replicating, by the processing device, the identified data for distribution to the mobile devices; and

distributing, by the processing device, the replicated data to the at least one of the mobile devices in the immediate mode when the at least one of the mobile devices is within the pre-defined range.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the method further comprising establishing criteria for the data for synchronization of the data, wherein the criteria comprises at least one of data type, file type, time of capture of the data, time of creation of the data, and time window for syncing the group.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the replicated data is distributed based on the criteria.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the method further comprising

temporarily storing the replicated data when at least one of the mobile devices is outside the pre-defined range at a time of the distributing of the replicated data.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the method further comprising retransmitting the stored replicated data to the at least one of mobile devices in a send-later mode when the at least one of the mobile devices outside the pre-defined range return back into the pre-defined range.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19 wherein the data is retransmitted based on the criteria.