Mirroring device interface components for content sharing

• US 9,043,446 B1
• Filed: 03/10/2011
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: McMullen, Michael P., Ng, Sei Y., Davis, John Mark, Dryden, Daniel L., Pennington, Susan J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Survillo, Oleg
• Application Number:
  US13/045,292
• Time in Patent Office: 1,538 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 709/204, 709/220, 709/222
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/70 Administration or customization aspects; Counter-checking correct charges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/74 Backing up
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A system is provided comprising processor, memory, and monitoring application that receives a first communication from a first portable electronic device containing a description of an ID of the first portable device, the ID comprising at least one of applications, media files, and widgets. The system creates a file mirroring the ID and receives a second communication containing a first plurality of entries to the ID associated with interactions with at least a first remote device. The system stores the first plurality of entries in the file and receives a third communication containing a first plurality of communications received by the first portable device, the first plurality of communications associated with the interactions. The system stores the first plurality of communications and sends a fourth communication to a second remote device providing the first plurality of entries and the first plurality of communications associated with the interactions.

Claims

1. A system for content sharing between a celebrity monitored portable electronic device and one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices, comprising:

a processor of a monitoring server;

a memory of the monitoring server; and

a monitoring application stored in the memory of the monitoring server and connected by a network to the celebrity monitored portable electronic device and the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices, that, when executed by the processor,

receives an interface pack description communication from the celebrity monitored portable electronic device containing a description of an interface pack of the celebrity monitored electronic device, the interface pack comprising automated installation components and an aggregated set of a plurality of an application, a media file, and a widget,

creates a file mirroring the interface pack,

sends the interface pack of the celebrity monitored electronic device to the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices, wherein the interface pack and the file mirroring the interface pack allow the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices to simulate the celebrity monitored portable electronic device,

receives an interface pack associated communication containing a plurality of entries to the interface pack associated with interactions by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device, wherein the plurality of entries to the interface pack associated with interactions comprises at least one of a first keystroke entry, a manual entry, or a voice entry associated with a changing of a ring tone, a playing of at least one of an audio or video file, a setting of a theme by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device, a taken or installed image or photograph, a text message, an electronic mail message, or web browsing,

stores the plurality of entries in the file,

receives an interaction history communication containing a plurality of communications received by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device from one or more authorized electronic devices, the plurality of communications associated with at least some of the interactions,

stores the plurality of communications in the file, and

sends a communication to the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices, the communication providing the plurality of entries and the plurality of communications associated with the interactions from the file, wherein the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices simulate the celebrity monitored portable electronic device by integrating the plurality of entries and the plurality of communications with the received interface pack.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication provides the plurality of entries and the plurality of communications associated with the interactions in chronological order.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein receiving the plurality of entries and the plurality of communications in chronological order promotes the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices replaying the interactions in a manner understandable by a user of the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices replay the interactions using at least one application, media file, or widget used by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device to make the entries and receive the plurality of communications, promoting the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices to simulate the interactions from a perspective of the celebrity monitored portable electronic device, and further promoting a user of the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices to one of emulate and share at least one experience of a user of the celebrity monitored portable electronic device and adopt at least one preference of the user of the celebrity monitored portable electronic device.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the interaction history communication additionally comprises instructions regarding at least one application, media file, or widget executing on the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices to use in replaying the interactions.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein when at least one application, media file, or widget used to replay the interactions is not installed on the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices, the communication additionally contains the at least one application, media file, or widget.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication is sent on a real-time basis.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication is additionally sent to other fan subscriber portable electronic devices.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices temporarily or permanently install the plurality of the application, the media file, and the widget used by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device to simulate the interface pack used by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring application promotes the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices to observe short message service (SMS) messages, electronic mail messages, web search transmissions, and internet telephone messages exchanged by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device with the one or more authorized electronic devices.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of communications received by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device from the one or more authorized electronic devices comprises short message service communications.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the plurality of communications received by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device from the one or more authorized electronic devices further comprises a description of telephone calls placed and received by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of communications received by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device from the one or more authorized electronic devices further comprises digital files associated with photographs taken by the celebrity monitored portable electronic device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices present the short message service communications in a first panel of a display associated with the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices, the description of telephone calls in a second panel of the display, and a pictorial rendering of the digital files in a third panel of the display.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel are presented separately or arranged simultaneously in the display in a tiled fashion or a cascaded fashion.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring application sends the communication to the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices on a near-real time basis or a delayed basis at the request of the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the file mirroring the interface pack comprises components of the interface pack, and wherein the components of the interface pack comprise one or more of a ring tone, a wallpaper, a theme, or a user interface configuration choice made by a user of the celebrity monitored portable electronic device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the monitoring application further receives a change to one or more of the ring tone, the wallpaper, the theme, or the user interface configuration choice from the celebrity monitored portable electronic device, stores the change to the file, and sends the change from the file to the one or more fan subscriber portable electronic devices.