System and method for accessing and managing mobile device metadata
First Claim
1. A central node comprising:
- a) a communication interface adapted to communicatively couple the central node to a network; and
b) a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to;
i) obtain content information describing digital media content items digitally stored by a plurality of agent devices;
ii) store the content information from the plurality of agent devices in a database;
iii) receive a request from one of a plurality of requesting nodes including the plurality of agent devices for the content information for one of the plurality of agent devices where the request comprises an identifier of the one of the plurality of agent devices that was obtained by the one of the plurality of requesting nodes from the one of the plurality of agent devices when the one of the plurality of agent devices was within a local wireless coverage area of the one of the plurality of requesting nodes; and
iv) provide at least a subset of the content information for the one of the plurality of agent devices to the one of the plurality of requesting nodes in response to the request.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for accessing and managing information, or metadata, describing content residing on a number of agent devices. In general, the system includes a central node and a number of agent devices communicatively coupled by a network. In operation, the central node communicates with the agent devices to obtain content information describing content stored at the agent devices and optionally the locations of the agent devices from the agent devices. The content information and optionally the locations of the agent devices are stored in a database associated with the central node. Thereafter, the central node enables requesting nodes such as the agent devices to access the database. In addition or alternatively, the central node may provide automatic alerts to the agent devices when other agent devices matching specified criteria are available.
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9 Claims
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1. A central node comprising:
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a) a communication interface adapted to communicatively couple the central node to a network; and b) a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to; i) obtain content information describing digital media content items digitally stored by a plurality of agent devices; ii) store the content information from the plurality of agent devices in a database; iii) receive a request from one of a plurality of requesting nodes including the plurality of agent devices for the content information for one of the plurality of agent devices where the request comprises an identifier of the one of the plurality of agent devices that was obtained by the one of the plurality of requesting nodes from the one of the plurality of agent devices when the one of the plurality of agent devices was within a local wireless coverage area of the one of the plurality of requesting nodes; and iv) provide at least a subset of the content information for the one of the plurality of agent devices to the one of the plurality of requesting nodes in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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