Patent ID: 8005498
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of distributing shared data for a group of individuals to the individuals' mobile devices, the method comprising: maintaining a central copy of the shared data in a central repository; maintaining centrally stored group membership information defining at least one group, mobile device users who are members of the at least one group, and mobile devices associated with the mobile device users; distributing the shared data for a particular one of the at least one group to the mobile devices of the mobile device users belonging to said particular group; storing the distributed shared data on the mobile devices of the mobile device users belonging to said particular group for accession said mobile devices via a mobile user interface on said mobile devices, the mobile devices having a user interface for the users to interactively make changes to the shared data stored on the respective user's mobile device; returning information from the mobile devices of any changes made to the shared data on the mobile devices; updating the central copy of the shared data in the central repository with the changes, and distributing information of the changes to the shared data in the central repository to the mobile devices of the mobile device users belonging to said particular group; wherein the group membership information further defines applications available on the individual mobile devices, and wherein distributing the shared data and information of the changes to the shared data is to only those of the mobile devices of the mobile device users belonging to said particular group that have an application for the shared data available.