Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080310633 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING SECURE DATA BACKUP FROM A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO AN EXTERNAL COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and devices for providing secure data backup from a mobile communication device to an external computing device is described. In accordance with one example embodiment, there is provided a method of backing up data from a mobile communication device to an external computing device, the mobile communication device being connected to the external computing device for exchanging data with each other, the method comprising: receiving a request to backup one or more data items in a plurality of data items stored on the mobile communication device; encrypting a data item using an encryption key stored in memory of the mobile communication device; transferring the encrypted data item to the external computing device; and storing a backup file comprising the encrypted data item in the memory of the external computing device. A method of restoring backup data to a mobile communication device from an external computing device is also provided, as are mobile communication devices and computing devices configured for implementing the backup and restore operations. | 12-18-2008 |
20090088188 | METHOD, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE DOWNLOADING TO A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method, mobile communication device, and system for selective downloading to a mobile communication device are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method on a mobile communication device for downloading data from a content source to the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being configured for connecting to at least cellular data networks and wireless local area networks (WLANs), the method comprising: receiving a request to download data; determining if the requested data comprises a media file; selecting a communication medium for downloading the requested data in accordance with whether the requested data comprises a media file; and downloading the requested data to the mobile communication device using the selected communication medium. | 04-02-2009 |
20090210498 | METHOD, SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING HTML-BASED CONTENT - A method, server and system for optimizing and delivering HyperText Markup Language (HTML)-based content such as HTML-based email messages to mobile communication devices is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, the method comprises: receiving an email message comprising an HTML portion comprising an HTML header and an HTML body; determining if the HTML header includes a reference to a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) document comprising one or more rules; if the HTML header includes a reference to a CSS document, replacing the reference with the CSS rules of the CSS document, and sending the transformed email message to a destination mobile communication device. | 08-20-2009 |
20090210805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND RENDERING MARKUP LANGUAGE BASED ELECTRONIC MAIL - There is disclosed a system and method of processing a markup language electronic mail. In an embodiment, the method comprises: (i) identifying in a head section of markup language code any style rules for rendering the markup language based e-mail and sorting the style rules in order of reference in the markup language code; (ii) in dependence upon predetermined rules, interleaving the style rules for placement in a body section of one or more blocks of markup language code corresponding to one or more sections of the markup language e-mail; and (iii) storing the one or more blocks of markup language code including the interleaved style rules as separately downloadable blocks of data corresponding to sections of the markup language based e-mail. In another embodiment, the method further comprises: (iv) receiving at a mobile communication device a block of markup language code for rendering a section of the markup language based e-mail on a display; (v) identifying in the block of markup language code any style rules interleaved therein for rendering the section of the markup language based e-mail on the display; (vi) processing the interleaved style rules identified in the block of markup language code; and (vii) rendering the section of the markup language based e-mail on the display using the processed style rules. | 08-20-2009 |
20100146067 | MESSAGE SEND QUEUE REORDERING BASED ON PRIORITY - A method and system for communicating serialized data provides a mechanism for ordering the data in response to a priority. In an embodiment, a server sending the data uses the priority to order the data in a message send queue for sending the data to a requesting device. The server may comprise a gateway and the second device a wireless device communicating with the gateway. The wireless device may send a priority indication in association with a request for the data to facilitate the ordering. | 06-10-2010 |
20100199160 | IMAGE STITCHING FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A device and method for modifying content for use on a mobile electronic device are described. In one embodiment, there is provided an automated method for modifying content for use on a mobile electronic device, comprising: selecting image files from a plurality of image files; combining the selected image files into a single merged image file that has a smaller file size than the sum of the file sizes of the selected image files; and sending the single merged image file to the mobile electronic device. | 08-05-2010 |
20100241986 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING LARGE FORMAT DATA FILES - A portable electronic device includes a rendering circuit to visualize large format data files on a narrow display. The large format data files are rendered using either a desktop display mode or a mobile display mode. The desktop display mode renders the data file using data file-specified dimensions and resolutions. The data file is viewable in its entirety by automatic scrolling achieved by moving a cursor near the edge of the display. Data file elements may be edited while in desktop display mode. The mobile display mode renders the elements of the data file as a list with minimal regard for spatial orientation. Navigation in mobile display mode is field-to-field. | 09-23-2010 |
20100269154 | METHOD OF COMMUNCIATING STATE INFORMATION BETWEEN A SERVER AND A MOBILE DEVICE BROWSER WITH VERSION HANDLING - A method for communicating state information between a server and a mobile device browser with version handling includes: providing a control channel between the server and mobile device browser; transmitting at least one message from the mobile device browser to the server over the control channel indicative of browsing-related state data, wherein the at least one message includes an XML-encoded document and a protocol version value identifying a version of Document Type Definition (DTD) against which to validate the XML-encoded document; and regulating subsequent transmission of data from the server to the mobile device browser based on the at least one message. | 10-21-2010 |
20110264731 | Method for Training a Server for Content Delivery Based On Communication Of State Information From A Mobile Device Browser - A method for training a server for content delivery based on communication of state information from a mobile device browser, the method comprising providing a control channel between the server and mobile device browser, transmitting over the control channel a plurality of request messages from the mobile device browser to the server for Web pages, each of the messages indicating browsing-related state data, and implementing heuristic algorithms within the server to detect and learn patterns of the request messages, pre-fetching at least hypertext content of Web pages that the server has learned will likely be requested, and embedding the hypertext content in response codes within response messages over the control channel from the server to the mobile device browser. | 10-27-2011 |
20120036230 | MESSAGE SEND QUEUE REORDERING BASED ON PRIORITY - A method and system for communicating serialized data provides a mechanism for ordering the data in response to a priority. In an embodiment, a server sending the data uses the priority to order the data in a message send queue for sending the data to a requesting device. The server may comprise a gateway and the second device a wireless device communicating with the gateway. The wireless device may send a priority indication in association with a request for the data to facilitate the ordering. | 02-09-2012 |
20120192098 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING LARGE FORMAT DATA FILES - A portable electronic device includes a rendering circuit to visualize large format data files on a narrow display. The large format data files are rendered using either a desktop display mode or a mobile display mode. The desktop display mode renders the data file using data file-specified dimensions and resolutions. The data file is viewable in its entirety by automatic scrolling achieved by moving a cursor near the edge of the display. Data file elements may be edited while in desktop display mode. The mobile display mode renders the elements of the data file as a list with minimal regard for spatial orientation. Navigation in mobile display mode is field-to-field. | 07-26-2012 |
20120210131 | SECURE METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING CACHE CONTENTS OF A MOBILE BROWSER WITH A SERVER - A method of securely synchronizing cache contents of a mobile browser with a server includes initiating a session between the browser and server, including transmission of browser state information regarding the cache contents and an authentication key to the server; maintaining a record of data sent from the server to the browser for storage in the cache; maintaining a record of the state information regarding the cache contents transmitted from the browser to the server; and transmitting data requests from the browser to the server, in response to which the server uses the key as a seed generation function and accesses each the record of data and returns only data that does not already form part of the cache contents, and wherein the data includes a result of a hash of data generated by the generation function for authentication by the browser before updating the cache contents with the data. | 08-16-2012 |