Transmitting Rich Media Between a Personal Server and a Mobile Device over a Wide Area Network

• US 20150249629A1
• Filed: 05/18/2015
• Published: 09/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael A. Krasner
• Original Assignee: Oxy Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Denenberg, Lawrence A., Forsdick, Harry C., Krasner, Michael A., Smith, Graeme W., Tanner, Marc D., Gould, Grant, Neuberger, Marc J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,992,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2854 Wide area networks, e.g. public data networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A mobile device, such as a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant (PDA), stores first personal data, such as any one or more of image, video, and audio data. The mobile device transmits the first personal data over a first wide area network (WAN) to a personal server.

Claims

1. A method performed by at least one computer processor executing computer program instructions stored on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method comprising:

(A) storing first personal data on a mobile device, the mobile device comprising at least one of a cellular telephone and a personal digital assistant, the first personal data comprising at least one of image, video, and audio data; and

(B) transmitting the first personal data from the mobile device over a first wide area network connection to a personal server.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

(C) receiving second personal data at the mobile device over the first wide area network connection from the personal server, wherein the second personal data comprises at least one of image, video, and audio data; and

(D) storing the second personal data on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal server is configured for use by a user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the personal server is configured to transmit second personal data to the user and others authorized by the user, but no other users.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second personal data comprises at least one of image, video, and audio data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal server is configured to transmit second personal data to the user and to others authorized by the user, but no other users.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal server comprises a personal server device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the personal server device comprises a personal computer.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the user owns the mobile device and the personal server device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a cellular telephone.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a personal digital assistant.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer program instructions stored thereon, wherein the computer program instructions are executable by at least one computer processor to execute a method, the method comprising:

(A) storing first personal data on a mobile device, the mobile device comprising at least one of a cellular telephone and a personal digital assistant, the first personal data comprising at least one of image, video, and audio data; and

(B) transmitting the first personal data from the mobile device over a first wide area network connection to a personal server.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

(C) receiving second personal data at the mobile device over the first wide area network connection from the personal server, wherein the second personal data comprises at least one of image, video, and audio data; and

(D) storing the second personal data on the mobile device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the personal server is configured for use by a user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the personal server is configured to transmit second personal data to the user and others authorized by the user, but no other users.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the second personal data comprises at least one of image, video, and audio data.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the personal server is configured to transmit second personal data to the user and to others authorized by the user, but no other users.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the personal server comprises a personal server device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the personal server device comprises a personal computer.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the user owns the mobile device and the personal server device.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the mobile device comprises a cellular telephone.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the mobile device comprises a personal digital assistant.