Patent ID: 6742037
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A system for dynamically transferring information among targets operated by a single user, at least one of said targets being mobile, said system comprising:at least two targets; a processing device associated with each target, each of said processing devices being communicable with a location determination system adapted to determine a location and relative movement of each target and each of said processing devices being capable of performing data transfers with the processing devices associated with the other targets, wherein each of said processing devices determines at least one virtual zone encompassing its respective target, wherein the at least one virtual zone is based at least in part on time required to complete data transfer as affected by said relative movement; and each of said processing devices transfers data associated with events to be initiated or terminated, said data transfers triggered upon an entry of one target into a virtual zone of another target as determined by said location determination system, such that the user can transition information relating to an activity from one target to a second target such that a warm transfer of data is achieved when said mobile target arrives at said fixed target, said warm transfer of data comprising: saving data that is currently in use within said mobile target; saving data associated with a context of an activity that is currently in use within said mobile target; communicating said saved data to said fixed target; and launching, in said fixed target, applications necessary to load said saved data such that its use can be resumed upon entering said fixed target in the same context and at the same point it was last used in said mobile target.