Automatic exchange of information in an ad-hoc computing environment

• US 7,707,150 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2004
• Issued: 04/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Pering, Trevor A., Light, John, Sundararajan, Muralidharan, Want, Roy
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly; Cheyne D
• Application Number:
  US10/794,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20050198035A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,244 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

Automatic exchange of information in an ad-hoc computing environment is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, a collection agent module facilitates a search for a first device to connect to via a wireless network. The collection agent queries for and receives a first document from the first device based on metadata associated with the first document and the collection agent automatically forwards the received first document to a second device connected to the wireless network upon receiving the first document from the first device. The collection agent also automatically sends a second document to the first device upon the first device connecting to the wireless network.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method executed by a processor for automatic data exchange, the method comprising:

sending by a server device an activity profile to a plurality of mobile server devices, wherein the activity profile to includes an identifier associated with a first user document;

searching by the server device for a first mobile device;

querying by the server device, upon discovery that the first mobile device is connected to the server device via a wireless network, for the first user document stored on the first mobile device based on an inventory of available documents stored on the first mobile device, the first user document having an association with a previously scheduled activity and an activity profile based on the identifier, wherein the activity profile includes one or more details of an activity to utilize the first user document; and

receiving by the server device the first user document without human intervention;

requesting by the server device information from the first mobile device based on the identifier associated with the activity profile;

utilizing by the server device the first user document in the previously scheduled activity profile; and

transmitting by the server device the first user document to a second mobile device via the wireless network without human interaction before the previously scheduled activity.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the first user document includes metadata associated with the first user document, the querying being based upon the metadata.

3. The computerized method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending a second user document to the first device automatically upon receiving the indication the first device has connected to the wireless network.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving policy rules associated with the first user document; and

processing the first user document based on the received policy rules.

5. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the querying includes requesting an inventory list from the first device.

6. The computerized method of claim 5, further comprising searching the inventory list for a document of interest based on metadata associated with the first user document.

7. A machine-accessible storage medium having instructions executed by a machine to perform operations for automatic data exchange comprising:

sending by a server device an activity profile to a plurality of mobile server devices, wherein the activity profile to includes an identifier associated with a first user document;

searching by the server device for a first mobile device;

querying by the server device, upon discovery that the first mobile device is connected to the server device via a wireless network, for the first user document stored on the first mobile device based on an inventory of available documents stored on the first mobile device, the first user document having an association with a previously scheduled activity and an activity profile based on the identifier, wherein the activity profile includes one or more details of an activity to utilize the first user document; and

receiving by the server device the first user document without human intervention;

requesting by the server device information from the first mobile device based on the identifier associated with the activity profile;

utilizing by the server device the first user document in the previously scheduled activity profile; and

transmitting by the server device the first user document to a second mobile device via the wireless network without human interaction before the previously scheduled activity.

8. The machine-accessible medium of claim 7, wherein the first user document includes metadata associated with the first user document, the querying being based upon the metadata.

9. The machine-accessible medium of claim 7 further comprising:

sending a second user document to the first device automatically upon receiving the indication the first device has connected to the wireless network.

10. The machine-accessible medium of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving policy rules associated with the first user document; and

processing the first user document based on the received policy rules.

11. The machine-accessible medium of claim 7, wherein the querying includes requesting an inventory list from the first device.

12. The machine-accessible medium of claim 11, further comprising searching the inventory list for a document of interest based on metadata associated with the first user document.