Information sharing after proximity connection has ended

• US 8,280,357 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2010
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Eisinger, Jacob D., Hollinger, Michael C., King, Jennifer E., Lauridsen, Christina K., Morgan, Fabian F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhattacharya, Sam
• Application Number:
  US12/829,608
• Publication Number:
  US 20120003965A1
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 455/411, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.2
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243

Abstract

The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, system, and computer program product for sharing a list passed in a shared direct communication environment after a direct communication has ended among mobile devices. A profile associated with the first mobile device in a storage of a server computer is accessed by an indirect transceiver in the second mobile device responsive to a second mobile device acquiring an information that is responsive to a list previously received from a first mobile device and responsive to the information being acquired during a time when there is no direct communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device. A contact information is retrieved, and the information is sent to a location specified by the contact information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

establishing, by a second mobile device, a direct two-way communication in a shared direct communication environment with a first mobile device when a first mobile device direct transceiver and a second mobile device direct transceiver are within a range of each other;

responsive to receiving, at the second mobile device, a list sent by the first mobile device direct transceiver, storing the list in a storage at the second mobile device;

responsive to the second mobile device acquiring information responsive to the list and also responsive to the second mobile device direct transceiver being out of range of the first mobile device direct transceiver, accessing a profile associated with the first mobile device in a storage of a server computer by an indirect transceiver in the second mobile device;

responsive to accessing the profile, retrieving contact information; and

sending the acquired information to a location specified by the contact information.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining, at the second mobile device, that the list is one of a broad list, a narrow list, and both a broad list and a narrow list.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact information comprises one of an email address, a short message service number, and a website address.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising one of:

transmitting, by the second mobile device, the list in a push mode

receiving a second list in a pull mode and

transmitting the list in a push mode and receiving a second list in a pull mode.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a maximum number of hops that the list may make from one mobile device to another mobile device after transmission by the second mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying an area in which a receiving mobile device must be located in order to receive the list after transmission by the second mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a maximum time during which the list may be transmitted from one mobile device to another after transmission by the second mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

adding a token to the list, wherein the token enables a tracking report to be compiled during and after passage of the list among other mobile devices in addition to the second mobile device and after transmission by the second mobile device.

9. A computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer readable memories, and one or more computer readable storage mediums;

first program instructions for establishing, by a second mobile device, a direct two-way communication in a shared direct communication environment with a first mobile device when a first mobile device direct transceiver and a second mobile device direct transceiver are within a range of each other;

second program instructions for, responsive to receiving, at the second mobile device, a list sent by the first mobile device direct transceiver, storing the list in a storage at the second mobile device;

third program instructions for, responsive to the second mobile device acquiring information responsive to the list and also responsive to the second mobile device direct transceiver being out of range of the first mobile device transciever,

accessing a profile associated with the first mobile device in a storage of a server computer by an indirect transceiver in the second mobile device;

fourth program instructions for, responsive to accessing the profile, retrieving contact information; and

fifth program instructions for sending the acquired information to a location specified by the contact information;

wherein the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer readable memories.

10. The computer system of claim 9 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for determining that the list is a broad list, a narrow list, or both a broad list and a narrow list;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer readable memories.

11. The computer system of claim 9, further comprising:

sixth program instructions for determining that the contact information is one of an email address, a short message service number, and a website address;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer readable memories.

12. The computer system of claim 10 further comprising one of:

seventh program instructions for transmitting, by the second mobile device, the list in a push mode;

eighth program instructions for receiving a second list in a pull mode; and

ninth program instructions for transmitting the list in a push mode and and receiving a second list in a pull mode;

wherein the seventh, eighth, and ninth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer readable memories.

13. The computer system of claim 9 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for identifying a maximum number of hops that the list may make from one mobile device to another after transmission by the second mobile device;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer readable memories.

14. The computer system of claim 9 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for identifying an area in which a receiving mobile device must be located in order to receive the list after transmission by the second mobile device;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer readable memories.

15. The computer system of claim 9 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for identifying a maximum time during which the list may be transmitted from one mobile device to another;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer readable memories.

16. The computer system of claim 9 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for adding a token to the list, wherein the token enables a tracking report to be compiled during and after passage of the list among other mobile devices in addition to the second mobile device and after transmission by the second mobile device;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer readable memories.

17. A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage mediums;

first program instructions for establishing, by a second mobile device, a direct two-way communication in a shared direct communication environment with a first mobile device when a first mobile device direct transceiver and a second mobile device direct transceiver are within a range of each other;

second program instructions for, responsive to receiving, at the second mobile device, a list sent by the first mobile device direct transceiver, storing the list in a storage at the second mobile device;

third program instructions for, responsive to the second mobile device acquiring information responsive to the list and also responsive to the second mobile device direct transceiver being out of range of the first mobile device direct transceiver, accessing a profile associated with the first mobile device in a storage of a server computer by an indirect transceiver in the second mobile device;

fourth program instructions for, responsive to accessing the profile, retrieving contact information; and

fifth program instructions for sending the acquired information to a location specified by the contact information;

wherein the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for determining that the list is one of a broad list, a narrow list, or both a broad list and a narrow list;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for identifying the contact information;

wherein the sixth program instructions identify one of an email address, a short message service number, and a website address; and

;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising one of:

sixth program instructions for transmitting the list in a push mode;

seventh program instructions for receiving a second list in a pull mode and

eighth program instructions for transmitting the list in a push mode and receiving a second list a pull mode;

wherein the sixth, seventh, and eighth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums.

21. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising:

sixth program instructions identifying a maximum number of hops that the list may make from one mobile device to another after transmission by the second mobile device;

seventh program instructions for identifying an area in which a receiving mobile device must be located in order to receive the list after transmission by the second mobile device;

eighth program instructions for identifying a maximum time during which the list may be transmitted from one mobile device to another after transmission by the second mobile device;

wherein the sixth, seventh, and eighth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums.

22. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising:

sixth program instructions for adding a token to the list, wherein the token enables a tracking report to be compiled during and after passage of the list among other mobile devices in addition to the second mobile device and after transmission by the second mobile device;

wherein the sixth program instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable storage mediums.