Method and apparatus for accessing a common database from a mobile device and a computing device
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1. A method for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:
- receiving a request from a mobile device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the mobile device and the mobile device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks;
retrieving the data after the request is authenticated with respect to the account; and
forwarding the data to the mobile device in a first format displayable on the display screen of the mobile device.
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Abstract
A method for accessing data contained in a data network using a mobile device or a different computing device. Common data may be accessed by both the mobile device and the computing device, with the mobile device communicating over a wireless data network and the computing device communicating over a data network such as the Internet, a private network or a network of public and private networks. A different format may be used to process and display the data on each of the two devices, with the data being converted as necessary for display on the devices. The data may be updated by the computing device and then made available to the mobile device.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:
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receiving a request from a mobile device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the mobile device and the mobile device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks; retrieving the data after the request is authenticated with respect to the account; and forwarding the data to the mobile device in a first format displayable on the display screen of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:
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receiving a request from a mobile device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the mobile device, the account being provisioned after the mobile device has been authenticated in accordance with a first authentication process between the mobile device and a server system that hosts the account, and the mobile device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks; retrieving the data after the request is authenticated with respect to the account in accordance with a second authentication process different from the first authentication process; and forwarding the data to the mobile device in a first format displayable on the display screen of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 17)
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13. A communications apparatus for accessing data contained in a data network system, the communications apparatus comprising:
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a server system, including at least one processor, configured for receiving a request from a wireless-communication user device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the wireless-communication user device, the account being provisioned after the wireless-communication user device has been authenticated in accordance with a first authentication process between the wireless-communication user device and the server system, and the wireless-communication device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks; wherein the server system is configured to forward the data to the wireless-communication user device, in response to the data being retrieved after the request is authenticated in accordance with a second authentication process, in a first format displayable on the display screen of the wireless-communication user device, wherein the second authentication process is different from said first authentication process. - View Dependent Claims (14, 16)
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18. A method for accessing data contained in a data network system, comprising:
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receiving a request from a mobile device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the mobile device, the account being provisioned after an authenticated session is established between the mobile device and a server system that hosts the account to form a provisioned account, and the mobile device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks; retrieving the data after the request is authenticated with respect to the provisioned account; and forwarding the data to the mobile device in a first format displayable on the display screen of the mobile device.
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19. A communications apparatus for accessing data contained in a data network system, the communications apparatus comprising:
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one or more servers, including at least one processor, configured for receiving a request from a wireless-communication user device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the wireless-communication user device, the account being provisioned after the wireless-communication user device has been authenticated by the one or more servers in accordance with a first authentication process between the wireless-communication user device and the one or more servers, and the wireless-communication device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks; wherein the one or more servers is configured to forward the data to the wireless-communication user device, in response to the data being retrieved after the request is authenticated by the one or more servers in accordance with a second authentication process, in a first format displayable on the display screen of the wireless-communication user device, wherein the second authentication process is different from said first authentication process. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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