Invitation for transferring objects in a communications network

• US 8,656,044 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2009
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Inventors: Roschelle, Jeremy, Brecht, John, Moore, Lana, Karachiwala, Sandhya, Fry, Mark D
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Philip B
• Application Number:
  US12/464,418
• Publication Number:
  US 20090215020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,743 Days
• Field of Search: 709/232, 709/212, 709/213, 709/238, 709/245, 709/223
• US Class Current: 709/232
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

A method, apparatus and a system for retrieving data relating to at least one of a student'"'"'s homework, exam or solution to a problem from at least one calculator via a network, wherein the handheld calculator is utilized by the student. The method includes presenting an invitation from at least one of a computer or a calculator of an instructor on the calculator of the student for requesting the data from the calculator of the student, wherein the invitation identifies a location on a computer or a calculator for transmitting the data, attaching the data to at least a portion of the invitation, wherein the data includes identification identifying at least one of the calculator of the student or the student, and transmitting the data from the calculator to the location identified in the invitation.

Claims

1. A method of a processor for retrieving data relating to at least one of a student'"'"'s homework, exam or solution to a problem from at least one handheld calculator via a network, wherein the handheld calculator is utilized by the student, the method comprising:

presenting an invitation from at least one of a computer or a calculator of an instructor on the calculator of the student for requesting the data from the calculator of the student, wherein the invitation identifies a location for retrieving the data from at least one of the computer of the instructor, the calculator of the instructor or the calculator of the student;

attaching the data to at least a portion of the invitation, wherein the data includes identification identifying at least one of the calculator of the student;

scheduling information relating to the invitation; and

transmitting the data from the calculator to the location identified in the invitation.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising retrieving the data from the calculator of the student.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising finding the location of the data on the calculator of the student.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the scheduling information comprises at least one of a transmission time for the invitation or a transmission time of the data from the calculator of the student.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the scheduling information comprises a delay that is imparted prior to the transfer of the data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the calculators of the students are on the same network or different networks.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprises, assigning a unique identifier that is based upon an identity of the recipient of the invitation.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises at least one document when there is more than one document, the documents are grouped into a single unit prior to transfer.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the invitation further comprises at least one of instructions for responding to the invitation, applet or a browser.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the network is a wireless network.

11. An apparatus for performing a method of retrieving data relating to at least one of a student'"'"'s homework, exam or solution to a problem from at least one handheld calculator via a network, wherein the handheld calculator is utilized by the student, the method comprising:

presenting an invitation from at least one of a computer or a calculator of an instructor on the calculator of the student for requesting the data from the calculator of the student, wherein the invitation identifies a location or retrieving the data from at least one of the computer of the instructor, the calculator of the instructor or the calculator of the student;

attaching the data to at least a portion of the invitation, wherein the data includes identification identifying at least one of the calculator of the student;

scheduling information relating to the invitation; and

transmitting the data from the calculator to the location identified in the invitation.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising retrieving the data from the calculator of the student.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising finding the location of the data on the calculator of the student.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein scheduling information comprises at least one of a transmission time for the invitation or a transmission time of the data from the calculator of the student.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein scheduling information comprises a delay that is imparted prior to the transfer of the data.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein at least one of the calculators of the students are on the same network or different networks.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprises assigning a unique identifier that is based upon an identity of the recipient of the invitation.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the data comprises at least one document when there is more than one document, the documents are grouped into a single unit prior to transfer.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the invitation further comprises at least one of instructions for responding to the invitation, applet or a browser.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the network is a wireless network.

21. A classroom system, comprising:

at least one calculator of an instructor, wherein the instructor utilizes the instructor calculator for presenting an invitation from the at least one calculator of the instructor to at least one calculator of a student, the invitation requests data from the at least one calculator of the student;

at least one calculator network for allowing the invitation and the data to transmit between the at least one calculator of the instructor and the at least one calculator of the student; and

wherein the calculator of the student attaches the data to at least a portion of the invitation, wherein the data includes identification identifying at least one of the calculator of the student, scheduling information relating to the invitation wherein said scheduling at least one of reduces contention for at least one resource and improves a network performance, and transmitting the data.

22. The classroom system of claim 21, wherein the invitation identifies a location for retrieving the data.