Method, apparatus and system for management of information content for enhanced accessibility over wireless communication networks
A method comprises providing an interface permitting a first user to control activation of a mobile information channel through which the first user can share access to content with a plurality of additional users, activating the mobile information channel responsive to input received from the first user via the interface, inserting content provided by the first user into the mobile information channel, receiving additional content relating to the mobile information channel from one or more of said additional users via one or more respective mobile devices associated with at least one wireless network, inserting at least a portion of the additional content into the mobile information channel, and integrating into the mobile information channel information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of said at least one wireless network.
1. A mobile device comprising:
at least one networking component that enables the mobile device to operatively connect to at least one wireless network;
at least one data capturing component for capturing data;
a user interface including a display screen, wherein the user interface enables capturing data utilizing the at least one data capturing component;
accessing, by a first user, a network-based shared information channel, through which the first user can share access to the captured data with a plurality of additional users, via the at least one wireless network;
displaying, on the display screen, device-captured data and additional content data relating to the network-based shared information channel, the additional content data provided from one or more of the plurality of the additional users, via one or more respective additional mobile devices associated with the at least one wireless network; and
displaying, on the display screen, information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of said at least one wireless network;
wherein the network-based shared information channel is a personalized content application.
2. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the at least one data capturing component comprises a camera.
3. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality comprises location information of the first user and the one or more of the plurality of the additional users.
4. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality comprises information specifying at least one location-based service action implementable over said at least one wireless network.
5. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality comprises information specifying at least one messaging action implementable over said at least one wireless network.
6. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the network-based shared information channel comprises a chat channel facilitating interaction between the first user and the plurality of additional users.
7. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the captured data and the additional content data comprises at least one of location coordinates, video, audio, and text.
8. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the mobile device and the one or more respective additional mobile devices comprise at least one of a mobile telephone, a tablet computer, a camera, and a watch or timepiece.
9. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein network-based shared information channel requires the first user and the one or more of the plurality of the additional users to register and login.
10. The mobile device of claim 1 wherein the wireless network protocol comprises at least one of the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), an IEEE 802.11 or Wi-Fi wireless network, a satellite communications network, a virtual private network (VPN), a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and a cellular network.
11. A method performed by a mobile device, comprising:
capturing data;
connecting to at least one wireless network;
accessing a network-based shared information channel through which a first user can share access to content with a plurality of additional users;
displaying the captured data and additional content data relating to the network-based shared information channel, the additional content data provided from one or more of the plurality of the additional users;
displaying information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of said at least one wireless network;
wherein the network-based shared information channel is a personalized content application.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the captured data comprises at least one of video data, audio data, text data, and location coordinate data.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality comprises location information of the first user and the one or more of the plurality of the additional users.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality comprises information specifying at least one location-based service action implementable over said at least one wireless network.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein the network-based shared information channel comprises a chat channel facilitating interaction between the first user and the plurality of additional users.
16. The method of claim 11 wherein the network-based shared information channel requires the first user and the one or more of the plurality of the additional users to register and login.
17. The method of claim 11 wherein the wireless network protocol comprises at least one of the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), an IEEE 802.11 or Wi-Fi wireless network, a satellite communications network, a virtual private network (VPN), a public switched telephone network (PSTN), and a cellular network.
18. The method of claim 11 wherein the network-based shared information channel comprises a collaborative workspace.
19. The method of claim 11 wherein the network-based shared information channel is associated with an entertainment-related entity.
20. The method of claim 11 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality comprises information specifying at least one messaging action implementable over said at least one wireless network.