Device, system and method for selecting, sharing and displaying electronic content

• US 8,588,693 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2010
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Lazaridis, Mihal
• Primary Examiner(s): WEST, LEWIS G
• Application Number:
  US12/751,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20110111696A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,329 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/3.06, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/41.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• 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 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a device, system and method to present electronic content on a first mobile electronic device in communication and configured to receive electronic content from a second electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for providing electronic content, comprising:

presenting a list of a plurality of selectable electronic-content-items available for downloading to a first mobile electronic device, the list comprising one or more selectable electronic-content-items stored on a second mobile electronic device and one or more selectable electronic-content-items not stored on the second mobile electronic device;

receiving a request for one or more selected electronic-content-items of the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items;

in response to receiving the request, a second mobile electronic device retrieving the one or more selected electronic-content-items; and

the second mobile electronic device transmitting the one or more selected electronic-content-items to the first mobile electronic device via a short-range wireless connection between the first and second mobile electronic devices,

where the second mobile electronic device retrieves the one or more selected electronic-content-items from a content server via a long-range communications subsystem of the second mobile electronic device when the one or more selected electronic-content-items are not stored on the second mobile electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the list comprises the second mobile electronic device transmitting the list of the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items via the short-range wireless connection to the first mobile electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting the list is performed by a short-range communications subsystem of the second mobile electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the list is in response to receiving a request for the list of the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein presenting the list further comprises receiving the request from the first mobile electronic device at a short-range communications subsystem of the second mobile electronic device via the short-range wireless connection.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein presenting the list further comprises receiving the request at an input/output subsystem of the second mobile electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the input/output subsystem of the second mobile electronic device comprises a user interface of the second mobile electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for one or more selected electronic-content-items is received at a short-range communications subsystem of the second mobile electronic device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the request for one or more selected electronic-content-items further comprises:

receiving at an input/output subsystem of the second mobile electronic device selection of the one or more selected electronic-content-items.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the input/output subsystem of the second mobile electronic device comprises a user interface of the second mobile electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items and storing the retrieved plurality of selectable electronic-content-items in an electronic content repository of the second mobile electronic device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items is available in an electronic content repository of the second mobile electronic device and retrieving comprises an electronic content manager of the mobile electronic device retrieving the one or more selected electronic-content-items from the electronic content repository.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items is available from the content server.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein in response to the second mobile electronic device receiving the request for one or more selected electronic-content-items of the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items, the method further comprising:

a long-range communication subsystem of the second mobile electronic device retrieving the one or more selected electronic-content-items from the content server via a long-range wireless connection with the content server; and

a short-range communications subsystem of the second mobile electronic device transmitting the retrieved one or more selected electronic-content-items via the short-range wireless connection.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

after receiving the request, the second mobile electronic device establishing the long-range wireless connection to the content server.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising an electronic content manager of the second mobile electronic device storing the retrieved one or more selected electronic-content-items in an electronic content repository of the second mobile electronic device.

20. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

in response to the second mobile electronic device receiving the request, a short-range communications subsystem of the second mobile electronic device transmitting the retrieved one or more selected electronic-content-items via the short-range wireless connection to the first mobile electronic device.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

after receiving the request, the second mobile electronic device establishing the long-range wireless connection to the content server.

22. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

an electronic content manager of the second mobile electronic device storing the retrieved plurality of selectable electronic-content-items in an electronic content repository of the second mobile electronic device.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the one or more selected electronic-content-items further comprises a short-range communications subsystem of the second mobile electronic device transmitting the one or more selected electronic-content-items via the short-range wireless connection to the first mobile electronic device.

24. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing the short-range wireless connection between the first and second mobile electronic devices.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein establishing the short-range wireless connection between the first and second mobile electronic devices creates a personal area network (PAN) between the first and second mobile electronic devices.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items comprise one or more of an electronic book, video, music, multimedia, and an e-mail attachment.

27. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the second mobile electronic device transmitting an electronic content list via the short-range wireless connection, wherein the electronic content list is an updated list of electronic content stored on the second mobile electronic device.

28. The method of claim 1, the first mobile electronic device having a display of sufficient size to enable visual viewing of electronic content.

13. A method for providing electronic content, comprising:

presenting a list of a plurality of selectable electronic-content-items available for transmitting to a first mobile electronic device, wherein the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items is available from a content server external a second mobile electronic device;

the second mobile electronic device transmitting the one or more selected electronic-content-items to the first mobile electronic device via a short-range wireless connection between the first and second mobile electronic devices;

the second mobile electronic device establishing a long-range wireless connection with the content server;

a long-range communication subsystem of the second mobile electronic device querying the content server;

the long range communication subsystem receiving via the long-range wireless connection the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items from the content server;

in response to the request for one or more selected electronic-content-items of the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items received by the second mobile electronic device, the second mobile electronic device retrieving the one or more selected electronic-content-items by requesting and receiving from the content server via the long-range wireless connection the one or more selected electronic-content-items; and

a short-range communications subsystem of the second mobile electronic device transmitting the retrieved one or more selected electronic-content-items via the short-range wireless connection to the first mobile electronic device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items reside in a content repository coupled to the content server and further comprising the content server retrieving the plurality of selectable electronic-content-items from the content repository.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

after receiving the request, the second mobile electronic device re-establishing the long-range wireless connection to the content server.