System and method for sharing unsupported document types between communication devices
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1. A method for sharing a document comprising:
- sending, by a first communication device, a document of a first document type to a document server for processing into a plurality of pages of a second document type that is different from the first document type, wherein the first communication device does not have access to an application required to display the first document type but has access to an application required to display the second document type;
receiving, by the first communication device from the document server, access information corresponding to a first page of the plurality of pages, wherein the access information identifies a location of the first page on a network accessible storage location;
retrieving, by the first communication device, the first page from the network accessible storage location using the access information;
sending, by the first communication device, the access information for the first page to the second communication device; and
displaying, by the first communication device, the first page on a display.
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Abstract
An improved system and method for sharing a document between two communication devices that do not have an application that can display the document. In one example, the document is sent by the communication device that is sharing the document to a document server for processing into pages of one or more different document types, and both communication devices retrieve the stored pages as needed for display. The sharing communication device updates the other communication device when a new page is to be retrieved from the document server.
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1. A method for sharing a document comprising:
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sending, by a first communication device, a document of a first document type to a document server for processing into a plurality of pages of a second document type that is different from the first document type, wherein the first communication device does not have access to an application required to display the first document type but has access to an application required to display the second document type; receiving, by the first communication device from the document server, access information corresponding to a first page of the plurality of pages, wherein the access information identifies a location of the first page on a network accessible storage location; retrieving, by the first communication device, the first page from the network accessible storage location using the access information; sending, by the first communication device, the access information for the first page to the second communication device; and displaying, by the first communication device, the first page on a display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for sharing a document comprising:
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sending, by a first communication device, a document of a first document type to a document server for processing into a first plurality of pages of a second document type that is different from the first document type and into a second plurality of pages of a third document type that is different from the first and second document types, wherein the first communication device does not have access to an application required to display the first document type but has access to an application required to display the second document type; receiving, by the first communication device from the document server, first access information corresponding to the first plurality of pages, wherein the first access information identifies a location of at least one of the first plurality of pages on a network accessible storage location; receiving, by the first communication device from the document server, second access information corresponding to the second plurality of pages, wherein the second access information identifies a location of at least one of the second plurality of pages on the network accessible storage location; retrieving, by the first communication device, one of the first plurality of pages from the network accessible storage location using the first access information; sending, by the first communication device, the second access information to the second communication device, wherein the second communication device does not have access to an application required to display the first or second document types but has access to an application required to display the third document type; and displaying, by the first communication device, the retrieved one of the first plurality of pages on a display. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communication device comprising:
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a network interface configured to send and receive communications via at least one of a wireless and a wireline network; a controller coupled to the network interface; and a memory coupled to the controller, the memory having a plurality of instructions stored thereon for execution by the controller for; sending a document of a first document type to a document server for processing into a plurality of pages of a second document type that is different from the first document type, wherein the communication device does not have access to an application required to display the first document type but has access to an application required to display the second document type; receiving access information corresponding to a first page of the plurality of pages from the document server, wherein the access information identifies a location of the first page on a network accessible storage location; retrieving the first page from the network accessible storage location using the access information; sending the access information for the first page to the second communication device; and displaying the first page on a display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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