System and method for efficiently accessing internet resources

• US 10,158,640 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2017
• Issued: 12/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Slingshot Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Himmelstein, Richard B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jacobs, Lashonda T
• Application Number:
  US15/440,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20170230370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/242 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• 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: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/554 Data synchronization
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/246 Connectivity information discovery

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus for efficiently accessing Internet resources are disclosed. The system, method and apparatus employ a portable device for receiving and transmitting information such as contact information, voting information and medical information, for example.

Claims

1. A method of exchanging information with a portable device, comprising:

receiving, with the portable device, a link from another portable device, wherein the link is to personal information for a user of the other portable device;

uploading, from the portable device to a website via an Internet connection, the link to personal information for the user of the other portable device;

receiving, with the portable device via the Internet connection, one or more pending links from the website, the one or more pending links including the link to personal information for the user of the other portable device;

presenting, via the portable device, the one or more pending links including the link to personal information for the user of the other portable device; and

in response to user input received via the portable device, validating the link selected from the one or more pending links presented by the portable device, wherein said validating the link grants the portable device access to the personal information for the user of the other portable device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information comprises medical information for the user of the other portable device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information comprises contact information for the user of the other portable device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving, with the portable device, the link from another portable device comprises receiving the link while the portable device does not have an established Internet connection.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing the Internet connection prior to said uploading; and

wherein said receiving, with the portable device, the link from another portable device comprises receiving the link prior to said establishing.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, with the portable device, the personal information for the user of the other portable device in response to said validating allowing access to the personal information for the user of the other portable device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising presenting, via the portable device, a voice indicator describing receipt of the personal information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, with the portable device, the personal information for the user of the other portable device after the user of the other portable device validates the link.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor, an input device, an output device, a receiver, a transmitter, and a memory operatively connected to the processor;

wherein the memory stores a plurality of instructions that, in response to being executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to;

upload, to a website via the transmitter and an Internet connection, a link received from another apparatus, wherein the link is to personal information for a user of the other apparatus;

present, via the output device, one or more pending links received from the website via the receiver, the one or more pending links including the link to personal information for the user of the other apparatus; and

in response to user input received via the input device, validate the link selected from the one or more pending links presented by the output device, wherein validating the link grants the apparatus access the personal information for the user of the other apparatus.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the personal information comprises medical information for the user of the other portable device.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the personal information comprises contact information for the user of the other portable device.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to receive the link from the other apparatus during a period in which the Internet connection is not established.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to:

establish the Internet connection prior to uploading the link; and

receive the link from the other apparatus prior to establishing the Internet connection.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to receive the personal information for the user of the other apparatus in response to validating the link allowing access to the personal information for the user of the other apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to receive the personal information for the user of the other apparatus after the user of the other apparatus validates the link.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to present a voice indicator describing receipt of the personal information.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising a plurality of instructions, that in response to being executed, cause a portable device to:

upload, to a website via an Internet connection, a link received from another portable device, wherein the link is to personal information for a user of the other portable device;

present one or more pending links received from the website, the one or more pending links including the link to personal information for the user of the other portable device; and

in response to received user input, validate the link selected from the one or more pending links, wherein validating the link grants the portable device access the personal information for the user of the other portable device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further cause the portable device to:

establish the Internet connection prior to uploading the link; and

receive the link from another portable device prior to establishing the Internet connection.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further cause the portable device to receive the link from the other apparatus during a period in which the Internet connection is not established.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the plurality of instructions, in response to being executed, further cause the portable device to receive the personal information for the user of the other apparatus after the user of the other apparatus validates the link.