Rediscovery of past data

• US 9,503,532 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2013
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Western Digital Technologies Incorporated (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: Egan, Michael F., Rader, Scott A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Application Number:
  US14/099,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067049A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a user'"'"'s past content (e.g., pictures, movies, audio recordings) may be retrieved and pushed to the user'"'"'s mobile device in a real-time and in a contextually-relevant manner. The pushed content may also include contextually-relevant content of others with whom the user has established a relationship to share such content.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

establishing a relationship of a first person with a second person, the relationship authorizing sharing of content between the first and second persons;

storing the established relationship;

tracking at least a current location of a mobile device of the first person; and

when the tracked current location of the mobile device of the first person is within a predetermined distance of a current or a past location of a mobile device of the second person;

retrieving, over a computer network, selected contextually-relevant content from a Network Attached Storage (NAS), coupled to the computer network, of the second person, the contextually-relevant content being selected based upon predetermined selectable parameters and upon pre-established controls that are configured to exclude some unwanted contextually-relevant content that otherwise satisfies the selectable parameters;

pushing, over the computer network, the retrieved content to the mobile device of the first person; and

rendering the pushed content on the mobile device of the first person.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) device is coupled to the NAS.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved content comprises at least one of audio content, video content and pictures.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving comprises retrieving only the selected content from the NAS of the second person that has been authorized by the second person.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved content comprises content that includes the second person.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved content comprises content generated by the second person within a predetermined distance of the current location of the mobile device of the first person.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, at a request of the first person, a relationship with a third person; and

storing the relationship with the third person.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving metadata along with the selected content; and

pushing the retrieved metadata to the mobile device of the first person.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the metadata includes a date and time at which the retrieved content was generated.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selectively retrieving content associated with an event that is relevant to the first person from the NAS of the second person; and

pushing the retrieved content associated with the event to the mobile device of the first person.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the established relationship is stored remotely from the mobile devices of the first and second persons.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving selected contextually-relevant content from a storage of the first person; and

rendering the retrieved content on the mobile device of the first person.

13. A method, comprising:

establishing a relationship of a first person with a second person, the relationship authorizing sharing of selected content between the first and second persons;

storing the established relationship;

establishing an event associated with the first and second persons;

associating selected content of the second person with the event; and

when at least a predetermined time period associated with the event has elapsed;

retrieving, over a computer network, selected content that is associated with the event from a Network Attached Storage (NAS), coupled to the computer network, of the second person, the content that is selected for retrieval being based upon predetermined selectable parameters and upon pre-established controls that are configured to exclude some unwanted content that otherwise satisfies the selectable parameters;

pushing, over the computer network, the retrieved content to the mobile device of the first person; and

rendering the pushed content on the mobile device of the first person.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the predetermined time period comprises one of an anniversary, a week, a month and a year.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising storing information relating to the event and wherein retrieving and pushing are performed with reference to the stored information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the information includes at least one of time of the event, date of the event, participants in the event, season of the event, nature of the event and duration of the event.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

retrieving selected content that is associated with the event from a storage of the first person; and

rendering the retrieved content on the mobile device of the first person.

18. A mobile device of a first person having established and registered a relationship with a second person, comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled to the processor, the memory being configured to store sequences of instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to;

enable at least a current location of the mobile device to be tracked; and

when the tracked current location of the mobile device of the first person is within a predetermined distance of a current or a past location of a mobile device of the second person;

receive, over a computer network, selected content from a Network Attached Storage (NAS), coupled to the computer network, of the second person, the content being selected based upon predetermined selectable parameters and upon pre-established controls that are configured to exclude some unwanted content that otherwise satisfies the selectable parameters; and

render the received content on the mobile device of the first person.

19. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein:

an event is associated with the first and second persons;

the selected content is associated with the event; and

the predetermined selectable parameters comprise a determination that a predetermined time period associated with the event has elapsed.

20. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein the selected content is contextually relevant to the first person, relative to at least one of time, place and circumstances.

21. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) device is coupled to the NAS.

22. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein the selected content comprises at least one of audio content, video content and pictures.

23. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein the selected content comprises metadata.