Remote data storage and retrieval for portable electronics
View Patent ↗A system and a method for remotely storing information from portable electronics using a multi-point wireless link. The method and system involves a Bluetooth-enabled camera that communicates to a 3G cellular telephone via a Bluetooth wireless link, the telephone then uses the 3G wireless link to connect to a remote storage device via the Internet. Using this concept, the internal memory of the portable device is used as a buffer memory without needing to be in the vicinity of a computer because the cellular telephone can act as a go between from the portable device to the storage space via the Internet.
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
a CPU;
a transceiver coupled to said CPU, said transceiver capable or wireless communications;
a memory unit coupled to said CPU; and
an image capture device coupled to said CPU, said image capture device acquires an image;
wherein said transceiver wirelessly transmits said image to a remote storage device through an intermediate electronic device;
wherein said transceiver begins transmitting said image when said CPU determines said memory to have reached a threshold.
2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein said threshold is programmable.
3. The portable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein said transceiver is further capable of Bluetooth wireless communications.
4. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein said transceiver of said portable electronic device may receive images from said remote storage device.
5. The portable electronic device of claim 4 wherein said transceiver is further capable of Bluetooth wireless communications.
6. A method for remote data storage and retrieval for portable electronics, comprising:
(a) acquiring an image with a digital camera;
(b) transmitting said image to cellular telephone using Bluetooth wireless communications;
(c) further transmitting said image to a cellular network using 3G wireless connection, wherein said cellular network is also connected to the Internet; and
(d) further transmitting said image to a remote storage device, wherein said storage device is also connected to the Internet;
wherein said digital camera further includes a central processing unit (“CPU”) and memory, and wherein the transmission of said image begins when said CPU determines said memory to have reached a threshold.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein said threshold is programmable.