Remote storage for electronics
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorRichard Kennedy
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
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.
Claims41
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a CPU;
- a transceiver coupled to said CPU, said transceiver capable of 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;
- and
- wherein said transceiver automatically begins transmitting said images after said image is acquired by said image capture device.
A cell phone, comprising:
- a CPU;
- a memory unit coupled to said CPU;
- at least two transceivers both coupled to said CPU, a first transceiver providing communication to a portable electronic device and a second transceiver providing communication to a remote storage device;
- wherein said cell phone transfers images from said portable electronic device to said remote storage device.
A portable computer, comprising:
- a CPU;
- a memory unit coupled to said CPU;
- at least two transceivers both coupled to said CPU, a first transceiver providing communication to a portable electronic device and a second transceiver providing communication to a remote storage device;
- wherein said portable computer transfers images from said portable electronic device to said remote storage device.
A cell phone comprising:
- a CPU;
- a memory unit coupled to said CPU;
- at least two transceivers both coupled to said CPU, a first transceiver providing communication to a portable electronic device and a second transceiver providing communication to a remote storage device;
- wherein said cell phone transfers images from said remote storage device to said portable electronic device using a communications link.
A portable computer comprising:
- a CPU;
- a memory unit coupled to said CPU;
- at least two transceivers both coupled to said CPU, a first transceiver providing communication to a portable electronic device and a second transceiver providing communication to a remote storage device;
- wherein said cell phone transfers images from said remote storage device to said portable electronic device using a communications link.
A system for remote data storage and retrieval for portable electronics, comprising:
- a portable electronic device further comprising memory, a central processing unit (“CPU”), an image capture device, and a transceiver;
- an intermediary electronic device further comprising memory and at least two transceivers;
- a communication link between the portable device and the intermediary electronic device;
- a communication link between the intermediary electronic device and a cellular network wherein said cellular network is connected to the Internet;
- a remote storage device further comprising data storage space wherein said storage device is connected to the Internet;
- and
- wherein said portable electronic device is able to transmit images to said remote storage device.
A method for remote data storage and retrieval for portable electronics, comprising:
- (a) acquiring an image with a portable electronic device;
- (b) transmitting said image to an intermediate electronic device using wireless communications;
- (c) further transmitting said image to a cellular network using wireless communications, 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.