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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Arto Palin, Viiala, FI;
Juha-matti Tuupola, Tampere, FI;
Olli Tyrkkö, Espoo, FI;
Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
A system for managing operation of a 'whiteboard' supported by one or more devices. A whiteboard may comprise a shared storage area allocated amongst the memories of one or more devices enabled for wireless communication. The whiteboard may be accessed by various programs, or 'nodes,' resident on the devices. In at least one scenario, some nodes may provide information to a whiteboard section of one device for use by nodes that may exist on other devices. This information may be accessible via wireless communication The present invention may evaluate the requirements of the various active nodes in view of the status of the plurality of devices in order to both optimize whiteboard operation while conserving device resources.