Edge side assembler

• US 7,567,580 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2007
• Issued: 07/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: IoT Innovations LLC (Empire IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kreiner, Barrett Morris, Peterson, Jonathan M., Hodges, Donna K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Qureshi, Afsar M.
• Application Number:
  US11/787,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20070286189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: 370/389, 370400-410, 370/392, 370/338, 370/463, 370/395.31, 709/206, 709209-231, 709/203, 709/249, 719313-317, 455/414.2, 455/445, 455/426.1
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for an edge side assembler. Data is identified that is associated with a common user of a personal digital gateway and of a communications device selected from a plurality of communications devices. Remote data is located that is stored on the selected communications device. The remote data is retrieved and integrated with the data. The integrated data is formatted according to a presentation format associated with the selected communications device. The integrated data is communicated with at least one of the plurality of communications devices.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying data associated with a common user of a personal digital gateway and of a communications device selected from a plurality of communications devices;

locating remote data stored the selected communications device;

querying to retrieve the remote data;

integrating the data and the remote data;

formatting the integrated data according to a presentation format associated with the selected communications device; and

communicating the formatted, integrated data to at least one of the plurality of communications devices.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating with the plurality of communications devices based on proximity.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the communications device, from the plurality of communications devices, based on a distance between the common user and the communications device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing a rule for refreshing a bookmark associated with a network communicating with the personal digital gateway.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising storing a collection of bookmarks showing versions of the data, with each version associated with a particular bookmark.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising date stamping each bookmark in the collection of bookmarks.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing the integrated data for presentation at personal digital gateway.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein locating the remote data stored comprises locating the remote data by an edge side assembler.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising postponing integration of the data with the remote data according to a user control.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising postponing integration of the data with the remote data according to the rule-based engine.

14. The system of claim 1l, further comprising means for accessing a rule for refreshing a bookmark associated with a network communicating with the personal digital gateway.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for storing a collection of bookmarks showing versions of the data, with each version associated with a particular bookmark.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising means for date stamping each bookmark in the collection of bookmarks.

17. The system of claim 1l, further comprising means for processing the integrated data for presentation at the personal digital gateway.

11. A system, comprising:

means for identifying data associated with a common user of a personal digital gateway and of a communication device selected from a plurality of communications devices;

means for locating remote data stored on the selected communications device;

means for querying to retrieve the remote data;

means for integrating the data and the remote data;

means for formatting the integrated data according to a presentation format associated with the selected communications device; and

means for communicating formatted, integrated data to at least one of the plurality of communications devices.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for communicating with the plurality of communications devices based on proximity.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for selecting the communications device, from the plurality of communications devices, based on a distance between the common use and the communications device.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for locating the remote data by an edge side assembler.

19. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for postponing integration of the data with the remote data according to a user control.

20. A processor readable memory device storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

identifying data associate with a common user of a personal digital gateway and of a communications device selected from a plurality of communications devices;

locating remote data store on the selected communications device;

querying to retrieve the remote data;

integrating the data and the remote data;

formatting the integrated data according to a presentation format associated with the selected communications device; and

sending the formatted, integrated data to at least one of the plurality of communications devices.