Group sharing using near field communication (NFC)

摘要

The sharing of content from one mobile station with a group of mobile stations using near-field communication (NFC) may be initiated, for example, by the one mobile station establishing a NFC link with another mobile station. The one mobile station verifies that the linked mobile station is part of the group, and transmits information regarding the content to be shared to the linked mobile station using NFC. The one mobile station uploads the content to a server using the mobile communication network, such that the content can be retrieved from the server via the mobile communication network by all other mobile stations in the group. The one mobile station or the server can send a notification to the other mobile stations in the group including information for retrieving the uploaded content.

主权项

1. A method comprising steps of:
in response to establishing a near-field communication link between one mobile station and another mobile station, comparing by the one mobile station a near-field communication identifier received via the established near-field communication link from the other mobile station to near-field communication identifiers associated with mobile stations of a pre-defined near-field communication sharing group selected from a memory of the one mobile station for receipt of content to be shared by the one mobile station; in response to results of the comparison, determining that the other mobile station is one of the plurality of mobile stations of the pre-defined near-field communication sharing group; based on the determination that the other mobile station is in the pre-defined near-field communication sharing group, transmitting information regarding content to be shared, from the one mobile station to the other mobile station via the established near-field communication link, wherein the information regarding content to be shared comprises a link to the content to be shared to enable downloading of the content; uploading the content to be shared from the one mobile station to a server via a mobile communication network, to make the uploaded content to be shared available via the mobile communication network; and causing a notification to retrieve the uploaded content from the server to be sent to at least one additional mobile station of the pre-defined near field communication sharing group other than the other mobile station, but not to the other mobile station, wherein the one mobile station, when communicating with the other mobile station via the established near-field communication link, cannot establish a near field communication link with the at least one additional mobile station of the pre-defined near-field communication sharing group.