Method, Device and System for Accessing Mobile Device User Information

• US 20080233977A1
• Filed: 03/21/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: General Instrument Corporation (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Overtoom, Eric J., Xu, David Ning Lai, Chemaly, Ephrem A., Dharawat, Parikshit H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,761,815 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/461
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A method, device and system for accessing mobile device user information. A Personal Content Server (PCS) is used to store mobile device user information for one or more mobile device end users. The mobile device user information can be accessed and downloaded, via a communication network, to one or more mobile devices in an appropriate manner, e.g., wirelessly or via a wired connection between the mobile device and the communication network. The mobile device user information allows one or more end users to operate at least one mobile device according to their respective user preferences. The method can include authenticating an end user before allowing user information to be downloaded to the end user'"'"'s mobile device, and updating user information between the mobile device and the PCS. Mobile device user information can include user identity information, personal preferences, subscription information and application profile information.

Claims

1. A method for accessing mobile device user information, comprising the steps of:

providing a Personal Content Server (PCS) having mobile device user information stored thereon; and

transmitting from the PCS at least a portion of the mobile device user information to at least one mobile device, wherein the mobile device user information includes user specific information for at least one mobile device user that allows the mobile device to operate according to user preferences of the at least one mobile device user.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of authenticating the mobile device user before mobile device user information stored on the PCS can be downloaded to the mobile device.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the downloading step includes downloading the mobile device user information of more than one mobile device user from the PCS to the mobile device.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the downloading step includes downloading the mobile device user information of a mobile device user from the PCS to more than one mobile device.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of directing mobile device communications to the mobile device based on the mobile device user information downloaded to the mobile device.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of modifying mobile device user information and updating at least one of the PCS and the mobile device with the modified mobile device user information.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein mobile device user information includes at least one of user application information, user identity information, user personal information, user contact information, user calendar information, user subscription information and user profile information.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the download step includes wirelessly transferring the mobile device user information from the PCS to the mobile device.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of deleting mobile device user information from the at least one mobile device.

10. A device for accessing mobile device user information, comprising:

a memory;

a controller coupled to the memory; and

a transceiver coupled to the controller,

wherein the controller is configured to receive, via the transceiver, mobile device user information from a Personal Content Server (PCS), wherein the mobile device user information includes user specific information for at least one mobile device user that allows the mobile device to operate according to user preferences of the at least one mobile device user.

11. The device as recited in claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to receive authentication information from at least one mobile device user, wherein the authentication information allows the mobile device user to access from the PCS user preferences associated with the mobile device user.

12. The device as recited in claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to receive the user specific information of more than one mobile device user, wherein more than one mobile device user can operate the device.

13. The device as recited in claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to receive, via the transceiver, mobile device communications based on the mobile device user information received by the device.

14. The device as recited in claim 10, wherein the controller includes an interface coupled to the controller and configured to receive mobile device user information from the PCS via a wired connection therebetween.

15. The device as recited in claim 10, wherein the device is a mobile device selected from the group consisting of a cellular telephone, a smart telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless handheld device, a digital camera, a mobile communication device, a laptop personal computer (PC) and a notebook PC.

16. A system for accessing mobile device user information, comprising:

a communication network;

at least one mobile device configured to transmit and receive mobile device communications via the communication network; and

a Personal Content Server (PCS) coupled to the communication network for storing thereon mobile device user information, wherein the mobile device user information includes user specific information for at least one mobile device user that allows the mobile device to transmit and receive mobile device communications according to user preferences of the at least one mobile device user,

wherein the at least one mobile device is configured to access from the Personal Content Server (PCS) mobile device user information including user specific information for at least one mobile device user, wherein the at least one mobile device user can transmit and receive mobile device communications via the at least one mobile device according to user preferences included in the accessed user specific information.

17. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the at least one mobile device is configured to receive authentication information from at least one mobile device user, wherein the authentication information allows the mobile device user to transfer user specific information associated with the mobile device user between the PCS and the at least one mobile device.

18. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the mobile device is configured to receive the user specific information of more than one mobile device user, and wherein the mobile device is configured to allow more than one mobile device user to transfer mobile device communications between the communication network and the mobile device.

19. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the mobile device is selected from the group consisting of a cellular telephone, a smart telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless handheld device, a digital camera, a mobile communication device, a laptop personal computer (PC) and a notebook PC.

20. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the at least one mobile device is configured to receive mobile device user information from the PCS via at least one of a wired connection and wirelessly.