Preserving content of serial use devices in view of purge

• US 7,441,089 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2004
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ellis; Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Farrokh; Hashem
• Application Number:
  US10/973,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20060090037A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,457 Days
• Field of Search: 711/159
• US Class Current: 711/159
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

Methods and systems for preserving content of serial use devices in view of a purge are presented. A method for preserving content of a serial use device in view of a purge may comprise: detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming; and transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting. A system for preserving content of a serial use device in view of a purge may comprise: means for detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming; and means for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming; and

transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting; and

retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address;

wherein said retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address further comprises;

accepting a re-rent input; and

retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory in response to the accepted re-rent input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming further comprises:

detecting a proximity to a return bin.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming further comprises:

detecting a proximity to a number of authorized uses.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming further comprises:

detecting a proximity to a duration of authorized use.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming further comprises:

detecting a proximity to an end of a rental parameter.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

transmitting the content of the memory to a storage device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

transmitting the content of the memory onto a wireless link.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

transmitting the content of the memory onto an electrical link.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

transmitting the content of the memory onto an optical link.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

obtaining an address from a device proximate to and/or associated with a user; and

transmitting at least a part of the content of the memory using the address.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

presenting at least one transmission option; and

transmitting at least a part of the content of the memory in response to a selection from the presented at least one transmit option.

12. A method comprising:

detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming;

transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting; and

retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address;

wherein said retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address further comprises;

accepting an undo input; and

retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory in response to the accepted undo input.

13. A system comprising:

means for detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming;

means for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting; and

means for retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address;

wherein said means for retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address further comprises;

means for accepting a re-rent input; and

means for retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory in response to the accepted re-rent input.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming further comprises:

means for detecting a proximity to a return bin.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming further comprises:

means for detecting a proximity to a number of authorized uses.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming further comprises:

means for detecting a proximity to a duration of authorized use.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming further comprises:

means for detecting a proximity to an end of a rental parameter.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

means for transmitting the content of the memory to a storage device.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

means for transmitting the content of the memory onto a wireless link.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

means for transmitting the content of the memory onto an electrical link.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

means for transmitting the content of the memory onto an optical link.

22. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

means for obtaining an address from a device proximate to and/or associated with a user; and

means for transmitting at least a part of the content of the memory using the address.

23. The system of claim 13, wherein said means for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting further comprises:

means for presenting at least one transmission option; and

means for transmitting at least a part of the content of the memory in response to a selection from the presented at least one transmit option.

24. A system comprising:

means for detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming;

means for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting; and

means for retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address;

wherein said means for retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address further comprises;

means for accepting an undo input; and

means for retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory in response to the accepted undo input.

25. A system comprising:

circuitry for detecting a likelihood that a purge of a memory of a serial-use device is forthcoming;

circuitry for transmitting a content of the memory of the serial-use device in response to said detecting; and

circuitry for retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address,

wherein the circuitry for retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory using an address further comprises;

circuitry for accepting an undo input; and

circuitry for retrieving at least a part of the transmitted content of the memory in response to the accepted undo input.

26. A system comprising:

a serial-use device operably couplable with upcoming-purge detection logic; and

preservation logic operably-couplable with a memory device of said serial-use device,

wherein said serial-use device operably couplable with upcoming-purge detection logic further comprises;

said serial-use device optically couplable with said upcoming-purge detection logic.

27. A system comprising:

a serial-use device operably couplable with upcoming-purge detection logic; and

preservation logic operably-couplable with a memory device of said serial-use device,

wherein said serial-use device operably couplable with upcoming-purge detection logic further comprises;

said serial-use device wirelessly couplable with said upcoming-purge detection logic.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein said preservation logic operably-couplable with a memory device of said serial-use device further comprises:

the memory device of said serial-use device electrically couplable with said preservation logic.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein said preservation logic operably-couplable with a memory device of said serial-use device further comprises:

the memory device of said serial-use device optically couplable with said preservation logic.

30. The system of claim 27, wherein said preservation logic operably-couplable with a memory device of said serial-use device further comprises:

the memory device of said serial-use device wirelessly couplable with said preservation logic.

31. The system of claim 27, wherein said serial-use device further comprises:

at least one of a still image device, a motion image recordation device, a textual data device, or an audio device.