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US 9,002,344 B2Granted
Phone content service
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsSandra Vargas, Peter Bernard, Keith Rowe, Andrew Royal
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Abstract
A phone content service is described. In embodiment(s), content that is associated with a mobile phone can be stored by a phone content service that is accessible by a computer via a data communication network. An update to the content that is associated with the mobile phone can be received and updated at the phone content service. Updated content can then be synchronized with the mobile phone via a mobile communication network.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- storing content that is associated with a mobile phone, the content being stored by a phone content service that is accessible by a computer via a data communication network to implement a remote representation of the mobile phone for viewing and managing the content that is associated with the mobile phone, the remote representation including a duplication of a display interface of the mobile phone and enabling a user to drag-and-drop items of content to the remote representation for synchronization with the mobile phone via a mobile communication network;
- responsive to receiving an update to the content that is associated with the mobile phone, updating the content for the mobile phone at the phone content service and synchronizing updated content to a cache memory of the mobile phone via the mobile communication network;
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- responsive to a user request to view, manage, or play the updated content on the computer, causing the computer to present, enable management of, or play the updated content using the cache memory of the mobile phone and without accessing the phone content service.
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A phone content service comprising:
- one or more processors and one or more computer-readable storage memories comprising instructions that are executable by the phone content service to:
- maintain content that is associated with a mobile phone;
- provide an interface by which to receive an update to the content that is associated with the mobile phone, the interface being accessible by a computer via a data communication network as a remote representation of the mobile phone for viewing and managing the content that is associated with the mobile phone, the remote representation including a duplication of a display interface of the mobile phone and enabling a user to drag-and-drop items of content to the remote representation for synchronization to a cache memory of the mobile phone via a mobile communication network;
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- provide an update service configured to synchronize content updates with the mobile phone via the mobile communication network, the synchronized content updates effective to enable the computer to present, enable management of, or play the updated content using the cache memory of the mobile phone and without accessing the phone content service.
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A mobile phone, comprising:
- a communication interface configured for data communication with a phone content service via a mobile communication network, the phone content service being accessible by a computer via a data communication network to implement a remote representation of the mobile phone and configured to maintain and update content that is associated with the mobile phone, the remote representation including a duplication of a display interface of the mobile phone and enabling a user to drag-and-drop items of content to the remote representation for synchronization with the mobile phone;
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- a content service module configured to synchronize with the phone content service to receive updated content for the mobile phone;
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- a cache memory configured to store the updated content, the cache memory accessible by a computer via a data communication network effective to enable the computer to present, enable management of, or play the updated content at the computer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.