Transmitting mobile device data

• US 8,396,764 B1
• Filed: 08/23/2010
• Issued: 03/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SITO Mobile R&D IP, LLC
• Original Assignee: Single Touch Interactive Incorporated (SITO Mobile, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Macaluso, Anthony G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frenel, Vanel
• Application Number:
  US12/861,759
• Time in Patent Office: 932 Days
• Field of Search: 705/34, 705/14, 455/557, 455/414.4, 709220-221, 717/159
• US Class Current: 705/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/085 involving remote charge determination or related payment systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for transmitting mobile device data are described. A method includes querying a first mobile device for data residing on the first mobile device; wirelessly transmitting, to a computer system, a specification of the data residing on the first mobile device; determining suitability of data for a second mobile device; and receiving, at the second mobile device, a specification of data for the second mobile device that is based on the specification of the data residing on the first mobile device. Another method includes wirelessly receiving, at a computer system, a specification of data residing on the first mobile device; and wirelessly transmitting, to the second mobile device, a specification of data for the second mobile device that is based on the specification of the data residing on the first mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data from a first mobile device to a second mobile device, the method comprising:

wirelessly receiving, at a computer system, a specification of data residing on the first mobile device; and

wirelessly transmitting, to the second mobile device, a specification of data for the second mobile device that is based on the specification of the data residing on the first mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device are mobile phones.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, at a first point in time, that the data is not available for downloading; and

notifying, at a second point in time, the second mobile device that the data is available for downloading, in response to the data being available for downloading.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

searching for data corresponding to the data residing on the first mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method of searching for data searches a plurality of computer data offerings from a plurality of mobile content providers.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data residing on the first mobile device comprises program data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data residing on the first mobile device comprises an application.

8. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to:

wirelessly receive, at a computer system, a specification of data residing on a first mobile device; and

transmit, to a second mobile device, a specification of data for the second mobile device based on the specification of the data residing on the first mobile device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device are mobile phones.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising instructions operable to:

search for data corresponding to the data residing on the first mobile device.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the instructions operable to search for data comprises instructions operable to search a plurality of computer data offerings from a plurality of mobile content providers.

12. A method of inventorying a mobile device, the method comprising:

a computer system independent of the mobile device querying the mobile device for applications residing on the mobile device; and

wirelessly transmitting, to a computer system, a specification of one or more applications residing on the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining if the specification of the applications residing on the mobile device includes an application to be invoiced; and

if the mobile device includes the application to be invoiced, generating an invoice for that application.