Method and system for remote utilizing a mobile device to share data objects

• US 7,206,806 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2001
• Issued: 04/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommWorks Solutions, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Polaroid Corporation (PLR IP Holdings LLC)
• Inventors: Pineau, Richard A.
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, KHANH Q
• Application Number:
  US09/870,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20020184318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,148 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 709/226, 709/228, 709/232, 709/203, 709/227, 455/412, 455/414, 455/411, 455/419, 455/422, 455/517, 370/281, 370/509, 348/14.02
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed that provide users of mobile handheld digital devices the opportunity to share large data objects, such as images or digital audio files, with multiple users and the opportunity to upload a data object from a data object source and transmit the uploaded data object to a remote server in order to make the uploaded data object available for sharing with multiple users. The shared data objects can be accessible via a link to the object or by means of reduced size versions of the shared data objects.

Claims

1. A method for sharing user provided data objects utilizing a mobile device, said mobile device having a unique identifier and access to at least one of a plurality of services accessible at a remote server, comprising the steps of:

(A) establishing a linking relationship between said unique identifier and an account at a service from the at least one of a plurality of services accessible at the remote server;

(B) receiving, at the remote server, a request, from said mobile device having said unique identifier, for access to the service containing the account linked to said unique identifier, said service being accessible at the remote server;

(C) transmitting, to the mobile device having said unique identifier, a response, said response providing access to a plurality of entities, said entities comprising a list of user provided data objects and a list of user designated addresses, said entities being associated with the account linked to said unique identifier;

(D) receiving, at the remote server, from the mobile device having said unique identifier, a request, said request comprising an indication of a selected user provided data object and an indication of at least one of a plurality of user designated addresses and a request to send said indicated data objects to said indicated at least one of a plurality of addresses, said addresses being selected from said list of user designated addresses; and

(E) sending, to said at least one of a plurality of user designated addresses, a transmission providing access to the selected user provided data object thereby enabling sharing of the selected user provided data object with selected user designated addressees.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

(F) receiving, at the remote server, from the mobile device having said unique identifier, a user provided data object from a data object source, said data object being added to the list of user provided data objects.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of:

(G) transmitting to the mobile device having said unique identifier, upon receiving the user provided data object from the data object source, a notification of the status of reception.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (C) the access to the list of user provided data objects further comprises access to reduced size versions of said user provided data objects.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein in step (E) the transmission provides access to a reduced size version of the selected user provided data object.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein in steps (D) and (E) the at least one of a plurality of user designated addresses include the addresses of other mobile devices.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein in steps (D) and (E) the at least one of a plurality of user designated addresses include the addresses of other mobile devices.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the user provided data objects are images.

9. The method of claim 5 wherein the user provided data objects are images.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of:

processing the selected user provided data object, prior to step (E), to provide optimal perceivable image quality.

11. A system for sharing user provided data objects utilizing a mobile device, said mobile device having a unique identifier, said system providing access to at least one of a plurality of services and comprising:

means for establishing a linking relationship between said unique identifier and an account at a service from the at least one of a plurality of services;

means for receiving a request, from said mobile device having said unique identifier, for access to the service containing the account linked to said unique identifier;

means for transmitting, to the mobile device having said unique identifier, a response to the request, said response providing access to a list of user provided data objects and a list of user designated addresses;

means for receiving, at the remote server, from the mobile device having said unique identifier, indication of a selected user provided data object data object and indication of at least one of a plurality of user designated addresses, said addresses being selected from said list of user designated addresses; and

means for sending, to said at least one of a plurality of user designated addresses, a transmission providing access to the selected user provided data object thereby enabling sharing of the selected user provided data object with selected user designated addressees.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising:

means for receiving, from the mobile device having said unique identifier, a user provided data object from a data object source, said data object being added to the list of user provided data objects.

13. The system of claim 12 further comprising:

means for transmitting to the mobile device having said unique identifier, upon receiving the user provided data object from the data object source, a notification of the status of reception.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein the means for transmitting a response to the request, said response also provides access to reduced size versions of the user provided data objects.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the means for sending a transmission providing access to the selected data object also provides access to a reduced size version of the selected user provided data object.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein said user provided data objects are images and said system further includes means for processing the selected user provided images to provide optimal perceived image quality.