Method and apparatus for providing mobile device information through a computing device

• US 9,560,500 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2014
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dashwire Incorporated (HTC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dashwire Incorporated (HTC Corporation)
• Inventors: Davidson, Ford, Prudente, James P., Haugen, Hayes
• Primary Examiner(s): Behnamian, Shahriar
• Application Number:
  US14/286,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20140342710A1
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 455/414.1, 455/517, 370/352
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for a service system capable of providing, to a computing device, mobile device information received from a mobile device, the mobile device being associated with a user of the computing device, are described herein. In one embodiment, the mobile device, service system, and computing device may each be separate and distinct from the others. In various embodiments, the client device may facilitate a user in viewing and/or interacting with the provided mobile device information.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing, by a service system, mobile device information of a mobile device to a computing device, wherein a user of the mobile device is to view or interact with the mobile device information using a client on the computing device with selectable actions to be performed with the mobile device information;

receiving from the computing device, by the service system, an indication of a selected action to be performed with the mobile device information;

determining, by the service system, whether the mobile device is reachable via a networking fabric; and

in response to receipt of the indication from the computing device;

when the mobile device is reachable via a networking fabric, directing the mobile device, by the service system, to perform the selected action, and

when the mobile device is not reachable via the networking fabric, performing the selected action on behalf of the mobile device, by the service system;

wherein the mobile device, the service system, and the computing device are separate and distinct from each other.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device information includes at least one of emails, messages, a call history, photos, music, videos, a calendar, or mobile device settings.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requiring, by the service system, authentication of the user before performing said providing.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected action is one or more of initiating a Voice over IP call, sending an email, posting a photo or video for sharing, or sending a text message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receipt of the indication from the computing device, updating, by the service system, the mobile device information on the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, by the service system, a mobile device client to the mobile device to facilitate the mobile device in providing the mobile device information to the service system.

7. A service system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a service to be operated by the one or more processors to;

provide mobile device information of a mobile device to a computing device, wherein a user of the mobile device is to view or interact with the mobile device information using a client on the computing device to display selectable actions to be performed with the mobile device information;

receive from the computing device an indication of a selected action to be performed with the mobile device information; and

in response to receipt of the indication from the computing device, direct the mobile device to perform the selected action when the mobile device is reachable via a networking fabric, or perform the selected action on behalf of the mobile device, when the mobile device is unreachable via the networking fabric;

wherein the mobile device, the service system, and the computing device are separate and distinct from each other.

8. The service system of claim 7, wherein the mobile device information includes at least one of emails, messages, a call history, photos, music, videos, a calendar, or mobile device settings.

9. The service system of claim 7, wherein the service is further to be operated to require authentication of the user before performing said provide.

10. The service system of claim 7, wherein the selected action includes one or more of initiation of a Voice over IP call, transmission of an email, transmission of a photo or video for sharing, or transmission of a text message.

11. The service system of claim 7, wherein the service is further to be operated to notify the mobile device of the performed action.

12. The service system of claim 7, wherein the service is further to be operated to cause the mobile device to believe that the mobile device, rather than the service, performed the selected action after the service performed the action on behalf of the mobile device.

13. A method, comprising:

providing, by a service system, mobile device information of a mobile device to a computing device, wherein a user of the mobile device is to view or interact with the mobile device information using a client on the computing device to display selectable actions to be performed with the mobile device information;

receiving from the computing device, by the service system, an indication of a selected action to be performed with the mobile device information; and

when the mobile device is reachable via a networking fabric, directing the mobile device, by the service system, to perform the selected action, and when the mobile device is not reachable via the networking fabric, performing, by the service system, the selected action on behalf of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device, the service system, and the computing device are separate and distinct from each other.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile device information includes at least one of emails, messages, a call history, photos, music, videos, a calendar, or mobile device settings.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

enabling, by the service system, the computing device to have a user interface having icons/glyphs associated with modules for handling different categories of the mobile device information.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

storing updated mobile device information in the service system and notifying the mobile device of the update by calling functions of a mobile device client application programming interface.