Method and apparatus for creating dynamic phone pages due to triggering events from an external source

• US 8,832,303 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2008
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Vasa, Yojak Harshad
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUOC H
• Application Number:
  US12/132,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20080313337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,289 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/227, 709/232
• US Class Current: 709/232
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for sending a dynamically updated data object to a user of a communication device are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises receiving updated data from an external source at a first communication device and updating a stored data object with the updated data. Upon the occurrence of a trigger, the updated data object, which comprises the updated information, is transferred to a second communication device.

Claims

1. A method for sending a data object to a user of a mobile communication device, comprising the steps of:

receiving updated data from an external source at a first communication device;

updating a stored data object associated with the first communication device using the updated data; and

transferring, upon the occurrence of a trigger, the updated data object to a second mobile communication device, wherein the updated data object comprises the updated data;

wherein the trigger comprises confirmation by a user of the first mobile communication device that the data object is to be shared.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the external source comprises a server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the updated data object to the user of the of the second communication device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the stored data object comprises updating a data object stored on the first communication device.

5. A method for sending a data object to a user of a mobile communication device, comprising the steps of:

receiving updated data from an external source at a first mobile communication device;

updating a stored data object associated with the first mobile communication device using the updated data; and

transferring, upon the occurrence of a trigger, the updated object to a second mobile communication device, wherein the updated data object comprises the updated data;

wherein updating the stored data object comprises sending a request to a data object server to update the stored data object.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein transferring the updated data object to the second communication device comprises sending a request to a data object server to send the updated data object to the second communication device.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

storing the updated data object in addition to the data object; and

selecting, in response to one or more user commands, the updated data object or the data object for display.

8. A first mobile communication device comprising processing logic configured to:

receive updated data from an external source at the first mobile communication device;

update a stored object associated with the first mobile communication device using the updated data; and

transfer, upon the occurrence of a trigger, the updated object to a second mobile communication device, wherein the updated data object comprises the updated data;

wherein the trigger comprises confirmation by a user of the first communication device that the data object is to be shared.

9. The first communication device of claim 8, wherein the processing logic is further configured to present the first data object to the user of the second communication device.

10. The first communication device of claim 8, wherein the processing logic is configured to update a data object stored on the first communication device.

11. A first mobile communication device comprising processing logic configured to;

receive updated data from an external source at the first mobile communication device;

update a stored data object associated with the first mobile communication device using the updated data; and

transfer, upon the occurrence of a trigger, the updated data object to a second mobile communication device, wherein the updated data object comprises the updated data;

wherein the processing logic is configured to update the stored data object by sending a request to a data object server to update the stored data object.

12. The first communication device of claim 11, wherein the processing logic is configured to transfer the updated data object to the second mobile communication device by sending a request to a data object server to send the updated data object to the second communication device.

13. The first communication device of claim 11, wherein the processing logic is further configured to:

store the updated data object in addition to the data object; and

select, in response to one or more user commands, the updated data object or the data object for display.