Mobile peer-to-peer content sharing method and system

• US 9,888,510 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2016
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Mung
• Primary Examiner(s): Jung, Min
• Application Number:
  US14/994,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20160128125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1078 Resource delivery mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1082 involving incentive schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/182 Network node acting on behalf of an other network entity, e.g. proxy
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

Embodiment of the disclosure set forth methods for sharing data in a wireless network. Some example methods include storing in a database a content related information associated with a first mobile device, receiving a request for the content related information from a second mobile device, searching the database for the content related information, and transmitting a search result to the second mobile device to enable the transfer of content between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of content transfer, the method comprising:

requesting, by a first device, information related to a first content;

determining, by the first device, if a direct communication between the first device and a second device can be established, wherein the direct communication between the first device and the second device can be established when a distance between the first device and the second device is determined, by the first device, to be less than a threshold value;

when the first device determines that the direct communication between the first device and the second device can be established, receiving, by the first device, the information related to the first content via the direct communication between the first device and the second device; and

when the first device determines that the direct communication between the first device and the second device cannot be established, receiving, by the first device, the information related to the first content via an indirect communication between the first device and the second device, wherein the indirect communication between the first device and the second device is made through a third device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the first content includes an availability, a tag, a keyword, or a size associated with the first content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the third device is a stationary device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device is a mobile device or a stationary device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing, based on the information related to the first content, by the first device, at least a portion of the first content from a centralized database.

6. A method of content transfer, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first device, a request for information related to a first content;

determining, by the first device, if a direct communication between a first device and a second device can be established, wherein the direct communication between the first device and the second device can be established when a distance between the first device and the second device is less than a threshold value;

when the direct communication between the first device and the second device is established, sending, by the first device, the information related to the first content via the direct communication between the first device and the second device; and

when the direct communication between the first device and the second device is not established, sending, by the first device, the information related to the first content via an indirect communication between the first device and the second device, wherein the indirect communication between the first device and the second, device is made through a third device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

transmitting, by the first device, a reply signal to the second device, wherein the reply signal includes information associated with where the first content is stored.