Method and interface for facilitating communication between a cellular telephone or similar wireless device and other devices or systems via an interface

Abstract

A system and method are provided for uploading photographic data from a wireless device, where the process includes the receiving of a data packet from a mobile phone having digital photograph data and a header configured under a first format with the communication interface, re-configuring the received data packet under a second format with the communication interface, and transmitting the re-configured data packet to a destination device.

Description

BACKGROUND The invention relates generally to communication with a portable cellular telephone (cell phone) and, more particularly, to a method and interface for communicating data such as digital photography data between a cellular phone and a computer. A wireless device such as a cell phone is generally a portable device configured to store data and perform basic functions for a user to make telephone calls, as well as view, receive, transmit, store and consume data. Different types of cell phones are well known in the consumer electronics industry and are currently in widespread use. Conventional popular devices include functions such as downloading information from the Internet via the cellular network, where the cellular network makes a contact with an Internet website, then downloads website information to the cell phone via the cellular network, rather then allowing the cell phone to contact the Internet directly. Modern cellular telephones may be configured much like perso...

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Benefits of technology

The invention is directed to a system and method for transmitting digital photography data signals from a wireless device, such as a cellular phone, to a computing device, without the need for any cellular telephone network, bypassing the cumbersome and expensive use of the cellular telephone network in uploading digital photos. The system includes an interface configured to receive the data packet having one header format and transmitted from the computer server, convert the associated header from the second header format to the first header format and then transmit the data packet having the reformatted header to the cell phone. The use of such a communication interface reduces the amount of overhead data required to send photo data to and from the cell phone, and obviates the use of the cellular network. The invention may be extended to include the execution of other complex operations for the cell phone for which the cell phone may not have the memory or processing capacity. The invention is applicable to all types of cell phones, including cellular telephones configured as cell phones and many other types of devices.

Problems solved by technology

The cellular provider for the phone typically charges for each upload, particularly for photos, and involves connection with a cellular network that can be slow, cumbersome and expensive.

Requiring the cell phone user or the cell phone itself to know the destination computer's IP address is burdensome on the cell phone and, more importantly, requires the cell phone to either contain a large amount of IP addresses or to be reconfigured for every destination to which the user of the cell phone wishes to communicate.

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