Method and apparatus for transferring information between electronic devices
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, at a portable electronic device, a first host identifier signal from a host identifier signal generating system;
identifying a host server using information derived from the received first host identifier signal;
transmitting resource locator information from the portable electronic device to the host server via a first communication link, wherein the resource locator information identifies a location within a first memory of the portable electronic device where program information resides;
storing the received resource locator information in a second memory of the host server;
generating, by the host server, a representation of the resource locator information to be displayed on an external electronic device; and
transmitting, by the portable electronic device, at least a portion of the program information to the external electronic device based on a user of the external electronic device selecting the generated representation of the resource locator information.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein generally include a system and a method of configuring and/or controlling the transfer of information between two or more electronic devices due to the interaction of an electronic device and a host identifier signal generating system. Embodiments of the disclosure may include a system and a method of distributing useful information received by or contained within a memory of the electronic device based on the receipt of a host identifier signal. The electronic device may then perform one or more desirable functions or processes based the portable electronic device'"'"'s interaction with the host identifier signal generating system. Some aspects of the invention may include an apparatus, method and/or one or more computing device software applications that are configured to more easily setup, configure and/or control the presentation, distribution, collection and/or analysis of program information residing in a first electronic device to a second electronic device based on the interaction of the first electronic device with the host identifier signal generating system.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, at a portable electronic device, a first host identifier signal from a host identifier signal generating system; identifying a host server using information derived from the received first host identifier signal; transmitting resource locator information from the portable electronic device to the host server via a first communication link, wherein the resource locator information identifies a location within a first memory of the portable electronic device where program information resides; storing the received resource locator information in a second memory of the host server; generating, by the host server, a representation of the resource locator information to be displayed on an external electronic device; and transmitting, by the portable electronic device, at least a portion of the program information to the external electronic device based on a user of the external electronic device selecting the generated representation of the resource locator information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, at a portable electronic device, a host identifier signal from a host identifier signal generating system; identifying a host server using information derived from the received host identifier signal; transmitting a device communication signal from the portable electronic device to the host server via a first communication link, wherein the device communication signal comprises resource locator information that identifies a location where program information resides within a memory of the portable electronic device; storing the received resource locator information in a memory of the host server; generating, by the host server, a representation of the resource locator information to be displayed on an external electronic device; and transmitting, by the portable electronic device, at least a portion of the program information to an external electronic device based on a user of the external device selecting the generated representation of the resource locator information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for sharing program information by electronic devices, comprising:
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a host identifier signal generation system, comprising; a first processor; a non-volatile first memory having host identifier signal information stored therein; and a first transceiver that is configured to wirelessly transmit a host identifier signal that comprises a first resource locator information, wherein the first resource locator information identifies the resource location of a host server; a portable electronic device, comprising; a second processor; a second transceiver that is configured to receive the host identifier signal from the first host identifier signal generation system; a non-volatile second memory having program information stored therein and a number of instructions which, when executed by the second processor, causes the portable electronic device to perform operations comprising; identifying the host server using the first resource locator information derived from the host identifier signal; transmitting a second resource locator information to the host server via a first communication link, wherein the second resource locator information identifies a location in the second memory where the program information resides; and transmitting at least a portion of the program information based on a user of an external device selecting a representation of the second resource locator information; and the host server, comprising; a third processor; a third transceiver that is configured to receive the transmitted second resource locator information from the portable electronic device; and a non-volatile third memory having a number of instructions stored therein which, when executed by the third processor, causes the host server to perform operations comprising; receiving the transmitted second resource locator information; storing the received second resource locator information in memory of the host server; and generating the representation of the second resource locator information to be displayed on the external electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A computer implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, at a portable electronic device, a host identifier signal from a host identifier signal generating system; identifying a host server using information derived from the received host identifier signal; transmitting resource locator information from the portable electronic device to the host server via a first communication link, wherein the resource locator information identifies a location within a first memory of the portable electronic device where program information resides; storing the received resource locator information in a second memory of the host server; transmitting, from the host server, the resource locator information to external electronic devices found on a user access list that is stored in the second memory of the host server; and transmitting, by the portable electronic device, at least a portion of the program information to at least one of the external electronic devices based on a user of the external electronic device selecting the transmitted resource locator information.
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