Syniverse Icx Corporation

Lightsurf Technologies, Inc.

Timothy Genske

Eric O Bodnar

William Swinton

David Vogel

Philippe Richard Kahn

Venkat V Easwar

Shekhar Kirani

Matthew Harbridge Gerlach

Kurt Philip Dammermann

Alan M Vale

Brian Bodmer

Robin Goran Petravic

A methodology for dynamic (i.e., run-time) uploading and execution of applications and drivers between devices (e.g., between 'client' device and one or more (host) devices), in a fully automated manner, is described. The device which is to be hosted (e.g., the 'client' device) initially probes its environment to determine which device or devices it is attached to (e.g., the &#x201c;host&#x201d; device(s)). Once it has correctly discerned the relevant host or target device(s), the client device includes the capability of immediately sending out (i.e., uploading) a particular driver or application (i.e., object or file of interest) for placement, and ultimately execution, at the host device. Once the particular object or file of interest has been &#x201c;injected&#x201d; into the host device and is executing, the client device may simply revert to a &#x201c;listening mode&#x201d; in which it waits to be told what to do (i.e., receive commands from the application or driver which is now executing at the host device). This approach is particularly well-suited for devices which serve as &#x201c;add-on&#x201d; devices (clients) to other devices (hosts) that are &#x201c;smarter,&#x201d; for instance, including more processing capability and/or memory. In this scenario, the client device enters into a dialog with a device with more resources for the purpose of harnessing the resources of the host device for operating the client or add-on device. The client device is, using this approach, able to start running (i.e., driver-directed operation) immediately upon attachment to a host device that can be identified.

System and method for dynamic uploading and execution of applications and drivers between devices

A method and apparatus for providing a user inbox on an multi-media service center (MMSC), the user inbox using a central repository for storing multimedia content on the MMSC.

Method and apparatus for integrating multi-media messaging and image serving abilities

A media spooler system is described that provides a methodology for efficient transmission of media content from client devices, such transmission of digital images from wireless digital cameras. The media spooler or gateway addresses wireless transmission problems by acting as a protocol gateway between a thin-client device and a target host or server (supported by a server infrastructure). More particularly, the media spooler of the present invention acts as a protocol gateway between thin-client devices (e.g., 'mobile visual communicator' in the form of a wireless digital camera) and server infrastructure (e.g., server-based computer systems or 'Web servers' of a photographic service provider). This task entails accepting multiple, simultaneous connections from various client devices (e.g., wireless digital cameras), extracting information from those devices (e.g., digital photographs or other media content), and then uploading that information to the target server infrastructure. In basic operation, the media spooler queries each client device for the information (e.g., media, such as pictures) the client device thinks should uploaded, and then the media spooler queries the server infrastructure for the subset of pictures that have not been already uploaded. This improved coordination or synchronization of information between a device and target host allows for efficient recovery of dropped cellular data calls by essentially allowing the media spooler to &#x201c;pick up where it left off.&#x201d;

Media spooler system and methodology providing efficient transmission of media content from wireless devices

A method facilitating the transfer of information from a media or data capture device to a larger device while providing valuable feedback about the transfer is described. A transfer device including a simple user interface that can be easily implemented on a media or data capture device provides feedback about the transfer operation, enabling the user to take action when necessary. For example, the user is advised if the transfer is complete or, alternatively, that the transfer has failed and needs to redone. Feedback is provided by visual signals and may also be accompanied by audible signals. All necessary transfer functionality is included on the media capture device, thereby avoiding the requirement for dedicated software on a host (or pipeline) device, such as a cellular phone. This expands the number of pipeline devices that can be utilized with particular media capture devices. As long as there is a correct interface between the data capture device and the pipeline device, all the necessary transfer functionality can be included in the data capture device.

Device facilitating efficient transfer of digital content from media capture device

A methodology for providing FTP-like server capability to a portable, intermittently-connected device, such as a digital camera device, is described. Using XML syntax, a photo-serving protocols suite supporting FTP-like photo-serving capability is incorporated into a digital camera device (or other portable device), so that digital images (or other files) on that device may be easily accessed by a variety of disparate hosts over standard protocols. If desired, standard (e.g., generic) FTP may be employed instead of the photo-serving protocols. All hosts that are commonly available include implementations of industry-standard TCP/IP protocols on which the photo-serving protocols may be borne. As a result, no host need have a proprietary, one-off solution to bear the photo-serving protocols. The camera device, at the level of the photo-serving protocols, functions in an identical manner no matter what host the camera device is attached to, and no matter how an individual industry-standard protocol suite is borne or implemented. In this fashion, a variety of host devices can access digital photos (or other files or objects) on the camera device with the same ease that a desktop computer may access files from an FTP server, for purposes of receiving or manipulating photographic image information captured on the digital camera device.

Photo-serving communication protocols and methodology for providing disparate host devices with FTP-like access to digital images residing on a digital camera device

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Aptos, CA, United States of America

Timothy Genske