Strategies for sending content to a target device
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1. A method of sending content to a target address, comprising:
- receiving at least one parameter identifying at least one of a plurality of content sources, the content sources comprising;
an application, and a function of an application from which a user is invoking content-forwarding functionality;
customizing the content-forwarding functionality based on said at least one parameter, to provide content-forwarding functionality customized to the application or application function from which the user interface is invoked; and
providing the customized content-forwarding functionality to the user, wherein the customized content-forwarding functionality allows the user to forward content to the target address from a plurality of applications;
invoking the content-forwarding user interface by activating a content-forwarding icon displayed in a base user interface presentation, wherein;
the base user interface presentation is administered by a base user-interface provider (BUIP),the customized content-forwarding is administered by a content-forwarding user-interface provider (CFUIP);
the content-forwarding icon is associated with an identified information item in the base user interface presentation that the user intends to forward to the target address; and
the customized content-forwarding functionality comprises at least one content-forwarding user interface presentation with which the user interacts to forward the identified information item to the target address.
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Abstract
A strategy is described for forwarding content accessed using a first device to a second device. For instance, the first device can comprise a personal computer and the second device can comprise a mobile telephone. The strategy employs general purpose content-forwarding (CF) functionality. Different providers of content can rely on the same general purpose CF functionality to forward content to the second device, without requiring time-intensive and cumbersome manual modification of the CF functionality for each application.
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1. A method of sending content to a target address, comprising:
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receiving at least one parameter identifying at least one of a plurality of content sources, the content sources comprising;
an application, and a function of an application from which a user is invoking content-forwarding functionality;customizing the content-forwarding functionality based on said at least one parameter, to provide content-forwarding functionality customized to the application or application function from which the user interface is invoked; and providing the customized content-forwarding functionality to the user, wherein the customized content-forwarding functionality allows the user to forward content to the target address from a plurality of applications; invoking the content-forwarding user interface by activating a content-forwarding icon displayed in a base user interface presentation, wherein; the base user interface presentation is administered by a base user-interface provider (BUIP), the customized content-forwarding is administered by a content-forwarding user-interface provider (CFUIP); the content-forwarding icon is associated with an identified information item in the base user interface presentation that the user intends to forward to the target address; and the customized content-forwarding functionality comprises at least one content-forwarding user interface presentation with which the user interacts to forward the identified information item to the target address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for sending content to a target address, comprising:
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a first device; a second device associated with the target address; a base user interface application that provides a base user interface presentation; an interface provider for providing a content-forwarding user interface presentation, for display to a user at the first device in conjunction with the base user interface presentation; and request processing functionality for processing request information entered by the user at the first device, via the content-forwarding user interface presentation, wherein the request information enables the request processing functionality to forward content to the second device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for sending content to a target address, comprising:
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a source device with access to content to be sent, wherein the content is at least one of a plurality of types, the plurality of types comprising;
a search result, a map, an image, audio information, configuration information;a target device associated with a target address; a base user-interface application providing a base user-interface, wherein the base user-interface is accessible by a plurality of applications on the source device; one or more content-forwarding user-interface providers (CFUIP) providing a content-forwarding user-interface via the source device in conjunction with the base user-interface, wherein the content-forwarding user-interface may accept as input a plurality of content types from a plurality of applications on the source device; a request-processing provider (RPP) accepting content-request information and facilitating forwarding of content received from the CFUIP to the target device in a format acceptable to the target device.
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