Remote access system and method
First Claim
1. A method of employing an information device to transfer one or more data items from a remote holding area to a local device in dependence upon an access identifier representing the location of the one or more data items, comprising:
- encoding the access identifier to an audio/visual representation at the information device,presenting the audio/visual representation of the access identifier at the information device,capturing the audio/visual representation at the local device,determining the location of the one or more data items from the captured audio/visual representation,transferring the one or more data items to the local device from the determined location, andfurther comprising encrypting a data item before it leaves the holding area, and decrypting the data item after receipt at the local device, wherein the access identifier comprises decryption information necessary to perform decryption of the data item.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed of employing an information device (20) to transfer one or more data items from a remote holding area (32) to a local device (46) in dependence upon an access identifier representing the location of the one or more data items. The method comprises the steps of presenting an audio/visual representation of the access identifier at the information device (20), capturing the audio/visual representation at the local device (46), determining the location of the one or more data items from the captured audio/visual representation, and transferring the one or more data items to the local device (46) from the determined location. In a preferred embodiment, the information device (20) is a mobile device such as a mobile telephone, the audio/visual representation comprises a graphical representation such as a bar code that is displayed on a display (25) of the information device (20), and the bar code representation is captured at the local device (46) using a bar code scanner (49).
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68 Claims
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1. A method of employing an information device to transfer one or more data items from a remote holding area to a local device in dependence upon an access identifier representing the location of the one or more data items, comprising:
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encoding the access identifier to an audio/visual representation at the information device, presenting the audio/visual representation of the access identifier at the information device, capturing the audio/visual representation at the local device, determining the location of the one or more data items from the captured audio/visual representation, transferring the one or more data items to the local device from the determined location, and further comprising encrypting a data item before it leaves the holding area, and decrypting the data item after receipt at the local device, wherein the access identifier comprises decryption information necessary to perform decryption of the data item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A remote retrieval system comprising:
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a remote holding area for storing data items; a local device in communication with the remote holding area; and an information device comprising encoding means for encoding an access identifier to an audio/visual representation, audio/visual presentation means for presenting the audio/visual representation of the access identifier representing the location of one or more data items to be transferred from the remote holding area to the local device; wherein the local device comprises audio/visual capturing means for capturing the audio/visual representation presented at the information device, location determining means for determining the location of the one or more data items from the captured audio/visual representation, and transferral means for transferring the one or more data items to the local device from the determined location; and wherein a data item is encrypted before leaving the remote holding area and is decrypted after receipt at the local device, and the access identifier comprises decryption information necessary to perform the decryption of the data item.
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64. A method of employing an information device to transfer one or more data items from a local device to a remote holding area in dependence upon an access identifier representing the destination location of the one or more data items, comprising:
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encoding the access identifier to an audio/visual representation at the information device, presenting the audio/visual representation of the access identifier at the information device, capturing the audio/visual representation at the local device, determining the destination location of the one or more data items from the captured audio/visual representation, transferring the one or more data items to the determined location in the remote holding area, and further comprising encrypting a data item before transferring to the holding area, and decrypting the data item after receipt at a local device, wherein the access identifier comprises decryption information necessary to perform decryption of the data item. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67)
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68. A remote transferral system comprising:
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a remote holding area for storing data items; a local device in communication with the remote holding area; and an information device comprising encoding means for encoding an access identifier to an audio/visual representation, audio/visual presentation means for presenting the audio/visual representation of the access identifier representing the destination location of one or more data items to be transferred from the local device to the remote holding area; wherein the local device comprises audio/visual capturing means for capturing the audio/visual representation presented at the information device, location determining means for determining the destination location of the one or more data items from the captured audio/visual representation, and transferral means for transferring the one or more data items to the determined location of remote holding area, and wherein a data item is encrypted before transferring to the holding area, and the data item is decrypted after receipt at a local device, and the access identifier comprises decryption information necessary to perform the decryption of the data item.
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