Transmitting mobile device data
View Patent ↗Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for transmitting mobile device data are described. A method includes querying a first mobile device for data residing on the first mobile device; wirelessly transmitting, to a computer system, a specification of the data residing on the first mobile device; determining suitability of data for a second mobile device; and receiving, at the second mobile device, a specification of data for the second mobile device that is based on the specification of the data residing on the first mobile device. Another method includes wirelessly receiving, at a computer system, a specification of data residing on the first mobile device; and wirelessly transmitting, to the second mobile device, a specification of data for the second mobile device that is based on the specification of the data residing on the first mobile device.
1. A method of transmitting data from a first mobile device to a second mobile device, the method comprising:
wirelessly receiving, at a computer system, a specification of data residing on the first mobile device; and
wirelessly transmitting, to the second mobile device, a specification of data for the second mobile device that is based on the specification of the data residing on the first mobile device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device are mobile phones.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, at a first point in time, that the data is not available for downloading; and
notifying, at a second point in time, the second mobile device that the data is available for downloading, in response to the data being available for downloading.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
searching for data corresponding to the data residing on the first mobile device.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the method of searching for data searches a plurality of computer data offerings from a plurality of mobile content providers.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data residing on the first mobile device comprises program data.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data residing on the first mobile device comprises an application.
8. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to:
wirelessly receive, at a computer system, a specification of data residing on a first mobile device; and
transmit, to a second mobile device, a specification of data for the second mobile device based on the specification of the data residing on the first mobile device.
9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device are mobile phones.
10. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising instructions operable to:
search for data corresponding to the data residing on the first mobile device.
11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the instructions operable to search for data comprises instructions operable to search a plurality of computer data offerings from a plurality of mobile content providers.
12. A method of inventorying a mobile device, the method comprising:
a computer system independent of the mobile device querying the mobile device for applications residing on the mobile device; and
wirelessly transmitting, to a computer system, a specification of one or more applications residing on the mobile device.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.
14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
determining if the specification of the applications residing on the mobile device includes an application to be invoiced; and
if the mobile device includes the application to be invoiced, generating an invoice for that application.