IP Library Granted Patent US 9,021,059
Granted Patent B2
US 9,021,059 · App. 13/301,006 · Granted Apr 28, 2015

Data hub server

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Patent No.
US 9,021,059
App. No.
13/301,006
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatus and methods to engage in accessing informational content in a data hub server, where the informational content is identified as public or partially public to a group registered in the data hub server with permission to access the informational content made public or partially public in the data hub server by another entity, provide a mechanism to enhance the communication capabilities among mobile electronic devices. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Claims (32)

1. A method comprising:

making informational content, selected in a first mobile wireless device, available to a second mobile wireless device using a data hub server;

receiving a representation of the informational content in the data hub server in a directed transmission from a first server to the data hub server, the first mobile wireless device being a client of the first server; and

transmitting notification of the informational content being available to the second mobile wireless device using a directed transmission from the data hub server to a second server, the second mobile wireless device being a client of the second server, the first server being separate from the second server.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes transmitting the representation of the informational content from the first mobile wireless device to the first server.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein transmitting the representation of the informational content from the first mobile wireless device to the first server includes transmitting the informational content from the first mobile wireless device to the first server.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein transmitting the informational content from the first mobile wireless device to the first server includes autonomously transferring the informational content upon detection in the first mobile wireless device of a Wi-Fi network of the first server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein making informational content, selected in the first mobile wireless device, available to the second mobile wireless device includes browsing the first server from the first mobile electronic device and selecting the informational content in the first server.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the representation of the informational content in the data hub server in the directed transmission includes receiving the informational content from the first server in the data hub server over a network of interconnected computer networks that interchange data using a standardized protocol.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the representation of the informational content in the data hub server includes marking a setting in the data hub server representing the informational content as being public or partially public to the second mobile wireless device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein upon receiving the representation of the informational content in the data hub server, if the informational content does not reside on the data hub server, autonomously transmitting a communication from the data hub server to the first server, the communication notifying the first server of an absence of the informational content in the data hub server and receiving the informational content in the data hub server from the first server in response to notifying the first server of the absence.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the representation of the informational content in the data hub server in the directed transmission from the first server includes receiving the informational content in the data hub server in the directed transmission from the first server.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the notification of the informational content being available to the second mobile wireless device in the directed transmission from the data hub server to the second server includes transmitting the informational content in the directed transmission from the data hub server to the second server.

11. A machine-readable device that stores instructions, which when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations as a data hub server comprising:

making informational content, selected in a first mobile wireless device, available to a second mobile wireless device using the data hub server;

receiving a representation of the informational content in the data hub server in a directed transmission from a first server to the data hub server, the first mobile wireless device being a client of the first server; and

transmitting notification of the informational content being available to the second mobile wireless device in a directed transmission from the data hub server to a second server, the second mobile wireless device being a client of the second server, the first server being separate from the second server.

12. The machine-readable device of claim 11 , wherein receiving the representation of the informational content in the data hub server in the directed transmission includes receiving the informational content from the first server to the data hub server over a network of interconnected computer networks that interchange data using a standardized protocol.

13. The machine-readable device of claim 11 , wherein receiving the representation of the informational content in the data hub server includes marking a setting in the data hub server representing the informational content as being public or partially public to the second mobile wireless device.

14. The machine-readable device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions include upon receiving the representation of the informational content in the data hub server, if the informational content does not reside on the data hub server, autonomously transmitting a communication from the data hub server to the first server, the communication notifying the first server of an absence of the informational content in the data hub server and receiving the informational content in the data hub server from the first server in response to notifying the first server of the absence.

15. The machine-readable device of claim 11 , wherein receiving the representation of the informational content in the data hub server in the directed transmission from the first server includes receiving the informational content in the data hub server in the directed transmission from the first server.

16. A server comprising:

one or more processors;

memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors, the memory configured to store instructions to operate the server as a data hub server to:

make informational content, selected in a first mobile wireless device, available to a second mobile wireless device using the data hub server;

receive a representation of the informational content in the data hub server in a directed transmission from a first server to the data hub server, the first mobile wireless device being a client of the first server; and

transmit notification of the informational content being available to the second mobile wireless device in a directed transmission from the data hub server to a second server, the second mobile wireless device being a client of the second server, the first server being separate from the second server; and

a network interface arranged to operatively couple to a network to transmit the informational content.

17. The server of claim 16 , wherein the server operable as the data hub server is arranged to receive the informational content from the first server over a network of interconnected computer networks that interchange data using a standardized protocol.

18. The server of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors and the memory are arranged to mark a setting in the data hub server representing the informational content as being public or partially public to the second mobile wireless device.

19. The server of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors and the memory are arranged to, upon receiving the representation of the informational content in the data hub server, autonomously transmit a communication from the data hub server to the first server if the informational content does not reside on the data hub server, the communication notifying the first server of absence of the informational content in the data hub server and to receive the informational content from the first server in response to notifying the first server of the absence.

20. The server of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors and the memory are arranged to receive the informational content in the data hub server in the directed transmission from the first server.

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