System, a method, and an apparatus for sharing an updated content with peers

• US 8,401,535 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2007
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Toledano, Eyal
• Primary Examiner(s): TORRES, MARCOS L
• Application Number:
  US11/812,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20080009272A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,100 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.2, 455/414.3, 455/422.1, 455/550.1, 455410-411
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A method for providing content via a wireless communication network to a requesting terminal. The method comprising editing the content on a mobile terminal, receiving a request at a mobile terminal for the content from the first requesting terminal, and providing the content to the first requesting terminal via at least one connection with a mobile terminal storing the content.

Claims

1. A mobile hosting terminal, comprising:

an editing module configured for allowing a user associated with a user identification (ID) to edit a related personal user content stored in a repository of a mobile terminal, said personal user content being divided to a plurality of segments;

a memory which stores a plurality of links to said plurality of segments;

an updating mechanism which detects an editing of said personal user content by said editing module and uses at least some of said plurality of links to update at least some of said plurality of segments according to editing of said personal user content by said editing module;

a server module configured for receiving a request for said personal user content from a requesting terminal and providing at least some of said plurality of links over a wireless communication network to said requesting terminal which uses said at least some of said plurality of links to acquire said personal user content and to present said personal user content in response to a selection of said user ID on said requesting terminal; and

wherein said plurality of links link to said plurality of segments being stored in a plurality of mobile hosting terminals.

2. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said personal user content is a member of a group comprising:

a shared updated journal, a user uploaded media content, a web log, and a photo album.

3. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said mobile hosting terminal is a cellular phone.

4. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said server module is configured for transmitting a request for a second content from a remote terminal, and for receiving said second content over said wireless communication network.

5. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, further comprising a user interface (UI) configured for allowing said user of to edit said personal user content.

6. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, further comprising a user presence module configured for estimating the availability of said user and to add said estimation to said personal user content.

7. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 6, wherein said estimating is determined according to the operative mode of the mobile hosting terminal.

8. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said server module is further configured for receiving a message from said requesting terminal via said wireless communication network.

9. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 8, further comprising a messaging module configured for storing said message in said repository.

10. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 8, wherein said editing module is configured for changing said personal user content according to said message.

11. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 10, wherein said message comprising a member of the following group:

a video, an audio, a document, and a remark loaded by said user.

12. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said requesting terminal is associated with a user identifier of a peer.

13. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 12, wherein said editing module is configured for updating the personal user content according to said user ID.

14. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 12, further comprising an authentication module configured for identifying access privileges of a peer using said requesting terminal according to said user identifier, said providing being determined according to said access privileges.

15. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 14, further comprising a peer authorization module configured defining access privileges of a group of peers, said providing being determined according to a relation said peer to said group of peers.

16. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said editing module comprises a version control unit configured for adjusting the personal user content according to the capabilities of said requesting terminal.

17. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein each said segment comprises at least a portion of a multimedia content file.

18. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said requesting terminal is configured for acquiring at least one of said plurality of segments from at least one of said plurality of mobile hosting terminals according to said plurality of links.

19. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said requesting terminal stores at least one replica of at least one of said segments, said plurality of links being updated according to said at least one replica.

20. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network is connected to the Internet, said plurality of links containing at least one link to a second replica of the first content, said second replica stored in a fixed hosting terminal connected to the Internet.

21. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said editing module allows said user to edit only part of said personal user content stored and said updating mechanism respectively updates only part of said plurality of segments.

22. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said personal user content is shared by said user and a plurality of additional users and said plurality of segments are updated according to inputs from a plurality of additional users which are received by a plurality of additional editing modules installed on at least some of said plurality of mobile hosting terminals.

23. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said segments are dynamically adjusted segments.

24. The mobile hosting terminal of claim 1, wherein said selection is made from a list of a plurality of user IDs presented on said requesting terminal.

25. A method of managing locally hosted personal user content, comprising:

storing a related personal user content in a repository of a mobile terminal, said personal user content being divided to a plurality of segments which are stored in a plurality of mobile hosting terminals;

storing a plurality of links to said plurality of segments in said repository;

editing said related personal user content according to instructions received on said mobile terminal;

in response to said editing, updating at least some of said plurality of segments in said plurality of mobile hosting terminals according to instructions received on said mobile terminal from a user associated with a user identification (ID) and using at least some of said plurality of links;

receiving a request for said personal user content from a requesting terminal;

providing at least some of said plurality of links over a wireless communication network to said requesting terminal which uses said at least some of said plurality of links to acquire said personal user content and to present said personal user content in response to a selection of said user ID on said requesting terminal.