Method for distributing data, adapted for mobile devices
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1. A network mobility system, for use with a mobile network of member devices, comprising:
- a mobility server having a target device inventory store which includes an inventory of supported devices, the supported devices including printing devices;
wherein the server receives a data file package from a network member outside the mobility server, the data file package including at least one version of a data file, each version having a respective display or printing format,wherein the server manages reformatting of the data file into an additional version having a printing format which a particular one of the printing devices in the inventory has the capability to print,wherein the server stores for subsequent distribution, the additional version and at least one of the versions in which the data file was received,and wherein the server transmits in response to a request, to a target one of the devices in the mobile network, a version of the data file which the target device has the capability to display or print.
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Abstract
A method for distributing data in a heterogeneous network. The method operates on a private mobile network, which includes a mobility server, mobile components and fixed components, on which the mobility server includes data storage units that store data on behalf of network members, at least some of such data being stored in multiple data formats. The distribution method includes transmitting upon request selected said data to addressees, each such transmission being formatted for acceptance by each respective addressee.
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1. A network mobility system, for use with a mobile network of member devices, comprising:
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a mobility server having a target device inventory store which includes an inventory of supported devices, the supported devices including printing devices; wherein the server receives a data file package from a network member outside the mobility server, the data file package including at least one version of a data file, each version having a respective display or printing format, wherein the server manages reformatting of the data file into an additional version having a printing format which a particular one of the printing devices in the inventory has the capability to print, wherein the server stores for subsequent distribution, the additional version and at least one of the versions in which the data file was received, and wherein the server transmits in response to a request, to a target one of the devices in the mobile network, a version of the data file which the target device has the capability to display or print. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A network mobility system, for use with a mobile network of member devices, comprising:
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a plurality of network agents resident on member devices in a first subset of the member devices, the member devices further including printing devices; and a mobility server adapted for communicating with the network agents, the network agents and printing devices being outside the mobility server, wherein agents on member devices in the first subset include operable functionality to, in a virtual publication operation, render data files into different versions having different display or printing formats, wherein agents on member devices in the first subset further include operable functionality to, in the virtual publication operation, transmit to the mobility server data files in more than one version each having a respective display or printing format, including at least one version that one of the printing member devices has the capability to print, and wherein the mobility server is adapted to receive and store in association with each other and for subsequent distribution, the data files received from the agents in more than one version. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for use with a mobile network of member devices, comprising the steps of:
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a mobility server storing accessibly thereto an inventory of supported devices in a target device inventory store, the supported devices including printing devices; the server receiving a data file package from a network member outside the mobility server, the data file package including at least one version of a data file, each version having a respective display or printing format, the server managing reformatting of the data file into an additional version having a printing format which a particular one of the printing devices in the inventory has the capability to print, the server storing for subsequent distribution, the additional version and at least one of the versions in which the data file was received, and the server, in response to a request, transmitting to a target one of the devices in the mobile network, a version of the data file which the target device has the capability to display or print. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for use with a mobile network of member devices, the mobile network including a plurality of network agents resident on the member devices in a first subset of the member devices, the member devices further including printing devices, and a mobility server adapted for communicating with the network agents, the network agents and printing devices being outside the mobility server, the method comprising the steps of:
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a particular agent on one of the member devices in the first subset, in a virtual publication operation, rendering data files into different versions having different display or printing formats; the particular agent, in the virtual publication operation, transmitting to the mobility server a data file in more than one version each having a respective display or printing format, including at least one version that one of the printing member devices has the capability to print; and the mobility server receiving and storing in association with each other and for subsequent distribution, the data files received from the particular agent in more than one version. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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