Patent ID: 7546299
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a telecommunications network for providing remote access and file sharing functionality between mobile terminals of mobile subscribers in the network, the method comprising the steps of: establishing only at a first mobile terminal a plurality of file sharing strategies, the first mobile terminal further having a plurality of sharable files; assigning a respective single file sharing strategy of the plurality of file sharing strategies to each respective file of the plurality of sharable files; defining at least one privileged mobile terminal that has remote access to the first mobile terminal; defining a respective file sharing strategy of the plurality of file sharing strategies for a respective file of the plurality of sharable files that is sharable with the at least one privileged mobile terminal; and storing, in a database of the network, identification of the at least one privileged mobile terminal that has remote access privileges to the first mobile terminal, and the plurality of file sharing strategies for the plurality of files on the first privileged mobile terminal; and sharing files of the plurality of files between the first mobile terminal and the at least one privileged mobile terminal based on the respective file sharing strategies; wherein a user of the first mobile terminal establishes a file sharing strategy that determines which files are viewable and downloadable by which other mobile terminals of remote users, and wherein shared files at the first mobile terminal are retrieved by the other mobile terminals in real time and displayed at the other mobile terminals; wherein a first application is resident on at least the first mobile terminal that lists files available for sharing, wherein a second application is resident on at least the first mobile terminal that for transmitting a requested file, and wherein the at least the first mobile terminal has a capability to respond to messages to send a list of sharable files and to transmit contents of a specific file.