Method for controlling the opening and transmission of electronic data on electronic communication devices

• US 7,454,793 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2002
• Issued: 11/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gigaset Communications GmbH (Gigaset AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Aretz, Kurt
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Hosuk
• Application Number:
  US10/476,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20040177268A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,402 Days
• Field of Search: 726 2- 3, 726 26- 31, 713193-194
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A method is provided for controlling the opening of the representation of electronic data on mobile electronic communication devices, whereby the access to data occurs depending on opening characters which can arise interactively on the same or different mobile communication terminals. Data access thus can be modeled according to a set of rules, corresponding to the usual handling of physical, concrete collectable and exchangeable objects or to the behavior of the natural population.

Claims

1. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices, the method comprising:

storing a first electronic data record in a plurality of data records, wherein each data record is identified by a record identifier;

storing a first opening code in association with the first electronic data record, wherein an opening of the presentation of the first electronic data record on an electronic communication device be dependent on the first opening code;

changing a first setting of the first opening code relating to the presentation of a first electronic data record based on a second setting of a second opening code relating to a presentation of a second electronic data record; and

storing the first setting on the electronic communication device.

2. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the change of opening codes is subject to a selection of the a transfer rules which, after an initiating user input, effects change of opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device and a converse change of an opening code of a first data record identified by a record identifier on a second communication device.

3. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the change of opening codes is subject to a selection of a mutation rule which, after an initiating user input, effects change of opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device and a converse change of an opening code of a data record identified by a second record identifier.

4. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the change of opening codes is subject to a selection of a propagation rule which effects synchronization of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device with the opening code of a data record identified by the first data record identifier on a second communication device.

5. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the change of opening codes is subject to a selection of a pinning-on rule which effects synchronization of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device with the opening code of a data record identified by a second data record identifier.

6. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the change of opening codes is subject to a selection of timing rule which effects change of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device depending on a control signal initiated depending on a time measurement.

7. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the change of opening codes is subject to a selection of a random control rule which effects change of an opening code of an electronic data record identified by a first data record identifier on a first communication device depending on a random algorithm.

8. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein a permitted opening code may be represented by a set of parameters, with the opening of the presentation of an electronic data record on an electronic communication device depending on whether the opening code falls within a specified subset of parameters.

9. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 8, wherein the permitted opening code may be represented by binary characters 0 and 1, with the presentation of electronic data record on an electronic communication device is opened only when the opening code assumes a value of 1.

10. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, the method further comprising the step of storing on a server information about a status of opening codes on an electronic communication device.

11. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 10, wherein the opening of presentations of electronic data or the status of the opening codes on an electronic communication device may be influenced by the server.

12. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein data communication between electronic communication devices is based on a standard which is one of IrDA, HomeRF, IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth.

13. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data records essentially contain at least one of pictures, sound tracks and video clips.

14. A method for controlling opening of a presentation of electronic data on electronic communication devices as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic communication devices are mobile electronic communication devices.