Method and apparatus for accessing a common database from a mobile device and a computing device
First Claim
1. A method for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:
- sending a request to a server hosting the data to retrieve the data by activating a key of a mobile device, the request being sent by executing a first set of program instructions in the mobile device, wherein the mobile device has a display screen and is in communication, over a wireless data network with the server, and further, wherein the data is associated with the mobile device and is also accessible by a computing device executing a second set of program instructions and coupled to the server through a data network;
receiving the data from the server via the wireless data network, the data presented in a first format interpretable by the first set of program instructions; and
displaying the data on the display screen of the mobile device.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Improved approaches for enabling thin devices to efficiently communicate ideas and transactions into data networks by using other devices with full functional user interfaces in the networks. According to one aspect, the thin device exclusively controls the authentication of a rendezvous that is associated with a user account in a server. The thin device running a micro-browser provisions the rendezvous with a set of credential information in an authenticated and secure communication session so that the provisioning process is truly proprietary. To access the user account, the other devices equipped with well known browsers must submit the correct credential information to the rendezvous for verification in the server. Once admitted, the other devices can update managed information in the user account, individually and respectively, thereby the thin device is able to conduct desired transactions based on the managed information in the user account without the need to key in pertinent information of the transactions.
181 Citations
17 Claims
-
1. A method for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:
-
sending a request to a server hosting the data to retrieve the data by activating a key of a mobile device, the request being sent by executing a first set of program instructions in the mobile device, wherein the mobile device has a display screen and is in communication, over a wireless data network with the server, and further, wherein the data is associated with the mobile device and is also accessible by a computing device executing a second set of program instructions and coupled to the server through a data network;
receiving the data from the server via the wireless data network, the data presented in a first format interpretable by the first set of program instructions; and
displaying the data on the display screen of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
Specification