Edge side assembler

• US 7,983,282 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2009
• Issued: 07/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: IoT Innovations LLC (Empire IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Peterson, Jonathan M., Hodges, Donna K., Kreiner, Barrett Morris
• Primary Examiner(s): Qureshi; Afsar M.
• Application Number:
  US12/486,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20090252177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 370338-384, 370/395.31, 370389-402, 709203-249, 709/317, 455/414.2, 455/445, 455/426.1, 719313-317
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling a virtual personalized network. Communications are established with a personal digital gateway to control access, sharing, security, and/or management of up-to-date personalized data exchanged between or among a plurality of associated communications devices and/or communications networks. The associated communications devices are owned, operated, and/or accessed by a common user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying data associated with a common user of a personal digital gateway and of a plurality of communications devices;

receiving a selection of a communications device from the plurality of communications devices;

retrieving remote data from a selected communications device;

forwarding the remote data to another one of the plurality of communications devices.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising formatting the data according to a presentation format associated with the another one of the plurality of communications devices.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving a profile associated with the common user.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising sending the profile to the plurality of communications devices.

5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising sending the profile to the another one of the plurality of communications devices.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising associating the plurality of communications devices to a profile.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising querying a database for an address associated with the selected communications device.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising querying a database for an address associated with the another one of the plurality of communications devices.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising communicating with the plurality of communications devices based on proximity.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising selecting the communications device, from the plurality of communications devices, based on a distance between the common user and the communications device.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising integrating the data and the remote data as integrated data.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising communicating the integrated data to the another one of the plurality of communications devices.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising processing the integrated data for presentation.

14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing a collection of bookmarks showing versions of the data, with each version associated with a particular bookmark.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising date stamping each bookmark in the collection of bookmarks.

16. A system, comprising:

a processor executing code stored in memory that causes the processor to;

identify data associated with a common user of a personal digital gateway and of a plurality of communications devices;

receive a selection of a communications device from the plurality of communications devices;

retrieve remote data from a selected communications device;

forward the remote data to another one of the plurality of communications devices.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the code further causes the processor to format the data according to a presentation format associated with the another one of the plurality of communications devices.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein the code further causes the processor to query a database for an address associated with at least one of the selected communications device and the another one of the plurality of communications devices.

19. A processor readable memory device storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

identifying data associated with a common user of a personal digital gateway and of a plurality of communications devices;

receiving a selection of a communications device from the plurality of communications devices;

retrieving remote data from a selected communications device;

forwarding the remote data to another one of the plurality of communications devices.

20. The processor readable memory device according to claim 19, further comprising instructions for integrating the data and the remote data as integrated data and communicating the integrated data to the another one of the plurality of communications devices.