Patent ID: 8798539

Claim:
A machine-implemented method for data transfer to one or more remote internet based services, the method comprises: for a data capture device having a short-range wireless capability to connect with a mobile device, the mobile device having access to the internet, wherein the mobile device comprises one of a mobile phone device, a cell phone device and a personal digital assistance device, performing in the data capture device: establishing a short-range paired wireless connection between the data capture device and the mobile device when both devices are in range of each other, wherein establishing the short-range paired wireless connection comprises exchanging the cryptographic public key of the mobile device and the data capture device with each other, and wherein the short-range is short-range radio frequency that is most effective for data transfer when devices are less than 100 meters apart; acquiring new data, wherein the new data is data acquired after establishing the short-range wireless pairing between the data capture device and the mobile device; negotiating with the mobile device, the internet connection resource sharing availability for the data capture device, over the established paired short-range wireless connection, before the new data is sent to one or more remote internet based services, comprising: receiving, a notification message from the mobile device, over the established short-range paired wireless connection, wherein the notification message corresponds to an offer to share internet access, and wherein the mobile device is configured to offer the internet access for sharing to the data capture device, over the short-range wireless connection, using personal area networking technology; sending, a reply message to the mobile device, over the established short-range paired wireless connection, wherein the reply message corresponds to a request to initiate the internet access sharing for the data capture device to transfer the new data; and connecting, through the short-range wireless connection, to the internet access to transfer the new data; determining existence of the new data for transfer to one or more remote internet based services; and transferring the new data to the mobile device, over the established short-range paired wireless connection, wherein the mobile device is configured to receive the new data over the short range paired wireless connection and send it to one or more remote internet based services.