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`Automatic Multimedia Upload For Publishing Data And Multimedia Content
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`AUTOMATIC MULTIMEDIA UPLOAD FOR PUBLISHING DATA AND
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`MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`1. This application is a continuation application of non-provisional patent application
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`number 14/295,352, titled "Automatic multimedia upload for publishing multimedia
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`content", filed June 04, 2014 in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which
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`is a continuation application of non-provisional patent application number
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`141172,913, titled "Automatic multimedia upload for publishing multimedia content",
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`filed on February 05, 2014 in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which
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`is a continuation application of non-provisional patent application number
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`131740,214, now Patent no. 8,700,790, titled "Automatic multimedia upload for
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`publishing multimedia content", filed on January 13, 2013 in the United States Patent
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`and Trademark Office, which is a continuation application of non-provisional patent
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`application number 12/333,303, now Patent no. 8392591, titled "Automatic
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`multimedia upload for publishing multimedia content", filed on December 11, 2008
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`in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which claims the benefit of US
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`provisional patent application number 611017,202, titled "Automatic multimedia
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`upload for publishing multimedia content", filed on December 28, 2007 in the United
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`States Patent and Trademark Office. The specifications of the above referenced
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`applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
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`2. The following patent application is incorporated herein in its entirety: US Non-
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`provisional patent application serial number 111901,802, titled "Online Publishing Of
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`Multimedia Content", filed on September 19, 2007 in the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office.
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`BACKGROUND
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`This invention, in general, relates to distribution of multimedia content. More
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`particularly, this invention relates to pairing a digital data capture device in conjunction
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`with a mobile device for automatically publishing data and multimedia content on one or
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`more websites simultaneously.
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`A user may need to capture and publish data and multimedia content on the
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`internet in real time. Typically, the user would capture an image using a digital camera or
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`a video camera, store the image on a memory device of the digital camera, and transfer
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`the image to a computing device such as a personal computer (PC). In order to transfer
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`the image to the PC, the user would transfer the image off-line to the PC, use a cable such
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`as a universal serial bus (USB) or a memory stick and plug the cable into the PC. The
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`user would then manually upload the image onto a website which takes time and may be
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`inconvenient for the user.
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`Therefore, there is a need for a method and system to utilize a digital data capture
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`device in conjunction with a mobile device for automatically detecting capture of data
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`and multimedia content, transferring the captured data and multimedia content to the
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`mobile device, and publishing the data and multimedia content on one or more websites
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`automatically or with minimal user intervention.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified
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`form that are further described in the detailed description of the invention. This summary
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`is not intended to identify key or essential inventive concepts of the claimed subject
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`matter, nor is it intended for determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
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`The method and system disclosed herein addresses the above stated need for
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`utilizing a digital data capture device in conjunction with a Bluetooth™ (BT) enabled
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`automatically or with minimal user intervention. The digital data capture device is
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`physically separated from the BT enabled mobile device.
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`In the method and system disclosed herein, a client application is provided on a
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`BT enabled mobile device. In the absence of in-built BT capability in the digital data
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`capture device, a BT communication device is provided on the digital data capture
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`device. The BT communication device may, for example, be an in-built BT capability
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`chip, a BT memory card, or an external BT device. The BT communication device on the
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`digital data capture device is paired with the BT enabled mobile device to establish a
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`connection between the digital data capture device and the BT enabled mobile device.
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`A user may capture data and multimedia content using the digital data capture
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`device. The digital data capture device may, for example, be a digital camera, a video
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`camera, or other digital modular camera systems. The client application on the BT
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`enabled mobile device detects the captured data, multimedia content, and files associated
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`with the captured data and the multimedia content on the digital data capture device by
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`communicating over a wireless BT protocol. The captured data, multimedia content, and
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`the associated files are automatically transferred to the client application on the BT
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`enabled mobile device from the digital data capture device.
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`The detection and transfer of the captured data, the multimedia content, and the
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`associated files may be initiated by the client application of the BT enabled mobile
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`device. The detection and transfer of the captured data, the multimedia content, and the
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`associated files to the BT enabled mobile device may be initiated by the digital data
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`capture device when the client application is unable to detect the captured data, the
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`multimedia content, and the associated files from the digital data capture device.
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`The user may configure a timer setting and select the websites for publishing
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`using the client application on the BT enabled mobile device. The client application
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`selects the websites for publishing the transferred data and the multimedia content based
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`on user preferences configured on the Bluetooth enabled mobile device. The client
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`application also sets time for publishing the transferred data and the multimedia content
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`automatically or with minimal user intervention. The client application on the BT enabled
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`mobile device automatically publishes the transferred data and multimedia content on one
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`or more websites using the settings configured by the user. The method and system
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`disclosed herein thereby enables the user to capture data and multimedia content, for
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`example, audio, video, text, and images, automatically upload the captured data and
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`multimedia content onto a BT enabled mobile device, and publish the data and
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`multimedia content on one or websites automatically or with minimal user intervention.
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`The user may therefore publish data and the multimedia content on immediate capture of
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`the data and the multimedia content on the digital data capture device.
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`The method and system disclosed herein is described with reference to a BT
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`communication protocol. The method and system disclosed herein may be realized with
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`wireless protocols, for example, Zigbee® protocol, Wibree™ protocol, Ultra-Wide Band
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`(UWB) protocol, and other wireless protocols for wireless personal area networks.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`invention, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For
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`the purpose of illustrating the invention, exemplary constructions of the invention are
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`shown in the drawings. However, the invention is not limited to the specific methods and
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`instrumentalities disclosed herein.
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`FIG. 1 illustrates a method of utilizing a digital data capture device in conjunction with a
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`Bluetooth enabled mobile device for publishing data and multimedia content on one or
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`more websites automatically or with minimal user intervention.
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`FIG. 2 illustrates a system for utilizing a digital data capture device in conjunction with a
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`Bluetooth enabled mobile device for publishing data and multimedia content on one or
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`FIGS. 3A-3C exemplarily illustrate the Bluetooth communication device options used on
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`the digital data capture device for establishing a Bluetooth connection with the client
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`application on the Bluetooth enabled mobile device.
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`FIG. 4 exemplarily illustrates a system for publishing data and the multimedia content
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`using a client application on a mobile device on one or more websites simultaneously.
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`FIG. 5 exemplarily illustrates a user utilizing a digital camera in conjunction with a
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`Bluetooth enabled mobile device for publishing data and multimedia content on one or
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`FIG. 1 illustrates a method of utilizing a digital data capture device 201 in
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`conjunction with a Bluetooth™ enabled mobile device 202 for publishing data and
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`multimedia content on one or more websites automatically or with minimal user
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`intervention. The term "Bluetooth enabled mobile device" is herein referred to as "mobile
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`device". The digital data capture device 201 is physically separated from the mobile
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`device 202 as illustrated in FIG. 2. The digital data capture device 201 may, for example,
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`be a digital camera, a video camera, digital modular camera systems, or other digital data
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`capturing systems.
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`In the method disclosed herein, a client application 203 is provided 101 on the
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`capture device 201, a BT communication device 201a is provided 102 on the digital data
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`capture device 201. The BT communication device 201a may, for example, be an inbuilt
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`BT capability chip 301, a BT memory card 302, or an external BT device 303 as
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`illustrated in FIGS. 3A-3C respectively. The external BT device 303 may, for example,
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`be attached to a universal serial bus (USB), a firewire interface, or a power port of the
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`digital data capture device 201. BT provides a method of connecting and exchanging
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`information between devices, for example, mobile phones, laptops, personal computers
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`(PCs), printers, digital cameras, etc. over a secure and globally unlicensed short-range
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`radio frequency.
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`The BT communication device 201a on the digital data capture device 201 is
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`paired 103 with the mobile device 202 to establish a connection between the digital data
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`capture device 201 and the mobile device 202. BT pairing involves establishing a
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`connection between two BT devices that mutually agree to communicate with each other.
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`A BT device that wants to communicate only with a trusted device can cryptographically
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`authenticate the identity of another BT device. BT pairing occurs when the BT
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`communication device 201a agrees to communicate with the mobile device 202 in order
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`to establish a connection. In order to initiate the pairing process between the BT
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`communication device 201a and the mobile device 202, a common password known as a
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`passkey is exchanged between the BT communication device 201a and the mobile device
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`202. A passkey is a code shared by the BT communication device 201a and the mobile
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`device 202.
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`A user sets a discoverable mode for the mobile device 202. When set to the
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`discoverable mode, the mobile device 202 will allow the BT communication device 201a
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`on the digital data capture device 201 to detect the mobile device's 202 presence and
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`attempt to establish a connection. In order to initiate the pairing process, the BT
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`communication device 201a will send the BT communication device name of a
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`predefined number of characters, for example, up to 255 characters, and the BT address
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`to the mobile device 202. The BT communication device 201a then prompts the user of
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`the mobile device 202 to enter the passkey code in order to accept the pairing with the BT
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`communication device 201a on the digital data capture device 201. On entering the
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`passkey by the user of the mobile device 202, the entered passkey is matched with the
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`passkey of the BT communication device 201a. If a match is found, a trusted pair is
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`automatically established.
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`The user captures 104 data and multimedia content using the digital data capture
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`device 201. The data and multimedia content may, for example, comprise image files,
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`audio files, video files, text files, or any combination thereof. The client application 203
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`on the mobile device 202 detects 105 the captured data, the multimedia content, and files
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`associated with the captured data and the multimedia content. The client application 203
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`then initiates the transfer of the captured data, the multimedia content, and the associated
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`files in a pull mode of operation. In the pull mode, the client application 203 periodically
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`polls the digital data capture device 201 to determine the creation of a new file in the
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`digital data capture device 201. The digital data capture device 201 then automatically
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`transfers 106 the captured data, the multimedia content, and the associated files to the
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`client application 203 on the mobile device 202 using one or a combination of file
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`transfer protocols. The file transfer protocols may, for example, be one or a combination
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`of BT profile protocols such as the object exchange (OBEX) protocol, the generic object
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`exchange profile (GOEP) protocol, etc. The file transfer protocols may, for example, also
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`be the media transfer protocol (MTP), the picture transfer protocol (PTP), and the
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`PictBridge protocol implemented using a USB.
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`The picture transfer protocol (PTP) allows the transfer of images from digital
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`cameras to computers and other peripheral devices without the need of additional device
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`drivers. The media transfer protocol is a custom extension to the PTP and allows the
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`protocol to be used for devices other than digital cameras, for example digital audio
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`players and other portable media devices, for example portable video players. The
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`PictBridge protocol allows images to be printed directly from digital cameras to a printer,
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`without having to connect the camera to a computer.
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`The transfer of the data, the multimedia content, and the associated files may also
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`take place in a push mode of operation. In the push mode, the BT communication device
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`201a sends a signal to the client application 203 on creation of a new file. By
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`implementation of a handshake protocol, the BT communication device 201a
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`automatically transfers captured data, the multimedia content, and the associated files to
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`the client application 203 on the mobile device 202. For some external digital data
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`capture devices, the client application 203 may not be able to detect the creation of a new
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`file. In such cases, the digital data capture device 201 signals the client application 203 in
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`the event a new file is created. A file event listener in the client application 203 listens for
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`the signal from the digital data capture device 201. The user may then initiate the transfer
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`by a press of a button or a key on the digital data capture device 201.
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`In the case of a mobile device 202 with limited memory and processing
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`capabilities, the client application 203 partitions the multimedia content of large files
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`stored on the mobile device 202 into multiple data segments. The data segments are
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`tagged with segment identifiers using the client application 203. The tagged data
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`segments are transferred from the client application 203 of the mobile device 202 to a
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`publishing service 401 via a network 402 as illustrated in FIG. 4.
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`When the client application 203 is unable to detect the captured data, the
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`digital data capture device 201 initiates detection and transfer of the captured data, the
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`multimedia content, and the associated files to the mobile device 202.
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`The user may also set preferences on the mobile device 202. The user preferences
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`multimedia content. The user may configure a timer setting and the websites on the
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`mobile device 202 for publishing the data and the multimedia content. The user may also
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`set timer and action settings for publishing the data and the multimedia content. The user
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`may set the timer setting to, for example, a "no-wait-automatic" setting, a "wait-X-
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`25 minutes-automatic" setting, and a "wait-X-minutes-user-input-cancel" setting. The client
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`application 203 on the mobile device 202 selects the websites for publishing the
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`transferred data and the multimedia content based on user preferences configured on the
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`mobile device 202. The client application 203 also sets time for publishing the transferred
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`data and the multimedia content automatically or with minimal user intervention.
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`The client application 203 on the mobile device 202 then automatically publishes
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`configures the timer setting to "no-wait-automatic", the data and the multimedia content
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`are automatically published on one or more websites based on the user preferences
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`configured on the mobile device 202 without waiting for a certain period of time. If the
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`user configures the timer setting to "wait-X-minutes-automatic", the client application
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`203 will wait for "X" minutes for the user to change or cancel publishing. If there is no
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`user action for "X" minutes, the client application 203 will automatically publish the data
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`and multimedia content to one or more websites based on the user preferences. Further, if
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`the user configures the timer setting to "wait-X-minutes-user-input-cancel", the client
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`application 203 will wait for "X" minutes for an input from the user. If there is no input
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`from the user, the client application 203 cancels the publishing of the data and
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`multimedia content. The publishing of the data and multimedia content on one or more
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`websites simultaneously is explained in the detailed description of FIG. 4.
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`The user may therefore capture data, for example, audio, video, text, and images,
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`automatically upload the captured data onto the mobile device 202, and publish the data
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`and multimedia content on one or websites automatically or with minimal user
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`intervention. The method disclosed herein thereby enables the user to publish data and
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`the multimedia content on immediate click of an image or recording of a video on the
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`digital data capture device 201 without having to manually upload the data onto a
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`computing device and then publish the data on the websites.
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`FIG. 2 illustrates a system for utilizing a digital data capture device 201 in
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`conjunction with a BT enabled mobile device 202 for publishing data and multimedia
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`content on one or more websites automatically or with minimal user intervention. The
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`system disclosed herein comprises a digital data capture device 201 and a client
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`application 203 provided on the BT enabled mobile device 202. The digital data capture
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`device 201 and the mobile device 202 are physically separated from each other. The
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`digital data capture device 201 comprises a BT communication device 201a and a data
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`capture module 201d.
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`The BT communication device options used on the digital data capture device 201
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`for establishing a BT connection with the client application 203 on the BT enabled
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`mobile device 202 are exemplarily illustrated in FIGS. 3A-3C. The BT communication
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`device 201a may, for example, be an in-built BT capability chip 301 as illustrated in FIG.
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`3A, a BT memory card 302 as illustrated in FIG. 3B, or an external BT device 303 as
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`illustrated in FIG. 3C.
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`The BT communication device 201a comprises a BT association protocol module
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`201b and a data transfer protocol module 201c. The client application 203 on the mobile
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`device 202 comprises a BT association protocol module 203a, a data and file monitoring
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`and detection module 203b, a data transfer protocol module 203c, a data storage module
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`203d, a graphical user interface (GUI) 203e, and a media publishing module 203f. The
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`BT association protocol module 201b of the digital data capture device 201 and the BT
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`association protocol module 203a of the client application 203 enable the pairing between
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`the BT communication device 201a and the mobile device 202. The pairing of the BT
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`communication device 201a and the mobile device 202 is explained in the detailed
`description of FIG. 1. The data capture module 201d captures the data and the
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`multimedia content on the digital data capture device 201.
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`The data and file monitoring and detection module 203b of the client application
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`203 monitors and detects the capture of the data, the multimedia content, and the files
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`associated with the captured data and the multimedia content. On detection, the data
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`transfer protocol module 203c of the client application 203 initiates the transfer and
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`download of the captured data, the multimedia content, and the associated files from the
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`digital data capture device 201. When the client application 203 is unable to detect the
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`captured data, the multimedia content, and the associated files from the digital data
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`capture device 201, the data transfer protocol module 201c of the digital data capture
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`device 201 initiates the transfer of the captured data, the multimedia content, and the
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`associated files to the mobile device 202.
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`The data transfer protocol module 201c of the digital data capture device 201
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`transfers the captured data, the multimedia content, and the associated files to the client
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`application 203. The data storage module 203d stores the captured data, the multimedia
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`content, and the associated files on the mobile device 202. The user may also set
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`preferences on the mobile device 202 using the GUI 203e of the client application 203.
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`The user preferences may, for example, comprise the websites selected for publishing the
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`data and the multimedia content. The GUI 203e enables the user to configure a timer
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`setting and websites on the mobile device 202 for publishing the data and the multimedia
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`content. The user may also set timer and action settings for publishing the data and the
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`minutes-user-input-cancel" setting as explained in the detailed description of FIG. 1.
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`The media publishing module 203f automatically publishes the transferred data
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`and the multimedia content on one or more of the websites. The media publishing module
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`203f comprises a website selection module 203g, a timer module 203h, a segmentation
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`module 203i, and a data transfer module 203j. The website selection module 203g selects
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`the websites for publishing the data and the multimedia content based on settings and
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`user preferences configured by the user on the mobile device 202. The timer module
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`203h sets the time for publishing the transferred data and the multimedia content
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`automatically or with minimal user intervention. The timer setting may be set for
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`automatic publishing of the multimedia content or a time based wait mode where user
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`interaction is required. The timer module 203h sets the timer based on a timer setting, for
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`example, a "no-wait-automatic" setting, a "wait-X-minutes-automatic" setting, and a
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`"wait-X-minutes-user-input-cancel" setting configured by the user. The timer module
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`203h ensures that if the user does not wish to publish the transferred data and multimedia
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`content, the user has time to decide whether to publish or not. The user may also
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`configure the client application 203 to automatically delete the data, the multimedia
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`content, and the associated files after the data and the multimedia content have been
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`posted and published on one or more websites based on user preferences.
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`In the case of a mobile device 202 with limited memory and processing
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`capabilities, the client application 203 partitions the multimedia content of large files
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`stored on the mobile device 202 into multiple data segments using the segmentation
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`module 203i. The segmentation module 203i generates segment identifiers and tags the
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`data segments with the segment identifiers. The data transfer module 203j transfers the
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`data, the tagged data segments, and the multimedia content from the client application
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`203 to the publishing service 401 via a network 402 for publishing on the websites
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`automatically.
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`FIG. 4 exemplarily illustrates a system for publishing data and the multimedia
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`content using a client application 203 on a mobile device 202 on one or more websites
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`simultaneously. The system disclosed herein comprises a client application 203 and a
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`publishing service 401 connected via a network 402. The client application 203
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`comprises a media publishing module 203f as explained in the detailed description of
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`FIG. 2. The media publishing module 203f comprises the website selection module 203g,
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`the timer module 203h, the segmentation module 203i, and the data transfer module 203j.
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`The website selection module 203g selects the websites based on user preferences
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`configured by the user on the mobile device 202. The timer module 203h sets the time for
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`publishing the transferred data and the multimedia content automatically or with minimal
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`user intervention. The timer module 203h ensures that the publishing service 401 obtains
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`the data, the multimedia content, and the associated files to publish on the selected
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`websites based on the time set by the user.
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`202, the segmentation module 203i of the client application 203 partitions the multimedia
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`content of large files into multiple data segments. The segmentation module 203i
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`generates segment identifiers and tags the data segments with the segment identifiers.
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`The segment identifiers may, for example, be one or more of transaction identifiers,
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`sequence numbers, and timestamps. The segment identifiers are used later by a back end
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`service 401b of the publishing service 401 to reassemble the data segments in a
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`predetermined sequence to create a multimedia object. The data transfer module 203j
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`transfers the data, the tagged data segments, and the multimedia content from the client
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`application 203 to the publishing service 401 via the network 402. The network 402 may,
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`for example, be a wireless network, a cellular network, or the internet 501.
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`The publishing service 401 comprises a front end service 401a, a back end service
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`401b, and a database 401d. The transferred data and multimedia content is stored in the
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`database 401d of the publishing service 401. A protocol is provided for synchronizing
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`user publishing information between the client application 203 and the publishing service
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`401. The user publishing information may, for example, comprise user preferences of the
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`the multimedia content as a single multimedia file, m