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`(10) Patent No.:
`US 6,341,316 B1
`Kloba et al.
`(45) Date of Patent:
`Jan. 22, 2002
`
`
`US006341316B1
`
`(54) SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER
`PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR
`SYNCHRONIZING CONTENT BETWEEN A
`PORNATION CLIENT BASED ON STATE
`
`(75)
`
`Inventors: David D. Kloba, Mountain View;
`Michacl R. Gray, Foster City; David
`M.Moore, San Francisco; Thomas E.
`Whittaker, Belmont, David J.
`Williams; Rafael Z. Weinstein, both of
`San Francisco; Joshua E. Freeman,
`San Jose; Linus M. Upson, Redwood
`City, all of CA (US)
`
`(73) Assignee: AvantGo, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
`
`(*) Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
`
`(21) Appl. No.: 09/560,965
`.
`Filed:
`
`Apr. 28, 2000
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`(22)
`
`oo.
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`Press Release, “AvantGo Announces New AvantGo Enter-
`prise Publisher: Mobile Leader Expands Enterprise Offer-
`ings to Extend Corporate Web Content to Mobile Devices,”
`2 pages, Dec. 6, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`Press Release, “Go Network Delivers Mobile Solutions with
`AvantGo: Partnership to Give Wircless User Access to GO
`Network Anytime, Anywhere,” 2 pages, Nov. 11, 1999,
`AvantGo, Inc.
`
`to Macintosh
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Delivers Award—Winning Mobile
`Computing Software and Popular Consumer Internet Ser-
`vice to Europe: Company Expands into Europe; Phillip
`Hibberd to Head European Operations,” 2 pages, Nov. 1,
`1999, AvantGo, Inc.
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`Wireless Devices: Mobile Computing Leader Brings the
`Web to Internet-enabled Phones and Wireless Handheld
`
`Devices; Integrates with Wircless Solutions,” 4 pages, Oct.
`25, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`Press Release, Leading Mobile Computing Companies Form
`Industry Association: Puma, Aether Systems, Attachmate,
`AvantGo, Certicom, Globalware, Epocrates and the Wind-
`ward Group Establish Mobile Application Link Forum to
`Advance and Promote Open Source Communications Pro-
`tocol for Networked Applications, 3 pages, Oct. 18, 1999,
`AvantGo, Inc.
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`Palm Vx™ Organizer,” 2 pages, Oct. 13, 1999, AvantGo,
`Inc.
`
`Press Release, “FT.Com and AvantGo Put the Latest Inter-
`national Business Newsin the Palm of Your Hand,” 2 pages,
`Oct. 4, 1999, AvantGo,Inc.
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`E-Commerce Initiative,” 2 pages, Oct. 4, 19999, AvantGo,
`Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Teams With HP: AvantGo.com
`Now Available on the New HP Jornada 430se Palm-—size
`
`PC,” 2 pages, Sep. 27, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “Sony Online Entertainment and AvantGo
`Announce Jeopardy! 2001 Online to be Delivered to Users
`of Handheld Devices: The Station @sony.com ventures
`beyondthe Internet to extend distribution,” 2 pages, Sep. 20,
`1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo.com Scales to Showcase the Power
`of AvantGo Enterprise 3: Free Interactive Service Delivers
`More Than 15 Million Web Pages Daily to Hundreds of
`Thousandsof Users,” 2 pages, Sep. 7, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Enterprise 3 Breaks Barrier
`Between Enterprise and Handhelds: Attachmate Corporation
`and AvantGoenter Into Business Alliance,” 3 pages, Sep. 7,
`1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Signs CFO Thomas Hunter:
`Former IBM and First Data Corp. Executive Joins Leading
`Handheld Software Provider,” Aug. 23, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, Microsoft and AvantGo Deliver Personalized
`Content from Slate to AvantGo.com: Customized Informa-
`tion from Slate Now Available to Users of Palm OS—and
`
`Windows CE-—Based Handheld Devices Through Avant-
`Go.com, 2 pages, Aug. 9, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “Salon.com to Provide Content for Palm
`Pilots and other Handheld Devices through AvantGo.com:
`News, Technology and other content from Salon.com now
`available to over 300,000 AvantGo.com subscribers,” 2
`pages, Jul. 26, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “WisdomWare Partners with AvantGo to
`Provide Handheld Marketing and Sales Intelligence Solu-
`tion: Reseller Agreement Enables Planned WisdomWare
`AnyWhere™Service,” 2 pages, Jul. 26, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “Onthcroad.com Snapshots Double Every
`Two Weeks with AvantGo.com,” 2 pages, Jul. 19, 1999,
`AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Partners with Vicinity to Provide
`Maplast! Maps and directions to IJandheld Device Users
`Through AvantGo.com,” 2 pages, Jun. 28, 1999, AvantGo,
`Inc.
`
`Press Release, “Microsoft and 3Com Invest in AvantGo:
`Mobile Computing Leader takes $14.7 Million in Third
`Round Funding from Microsoft, 3Com, Fayez Sarofim &
`Co., 21° Century Internet Venture Partners, H & Q Venture
`Associates and Adobe Ventures,” 3 pages, Jun. 18, 1999,
`AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Teams with The Wall Street Jour-
`nal Interactive Edition to Introduce New Personalized Con-
`tent for AvantGo.com: AvantGo.com Provides News Ser-
`vices to PalmOS and WindowsCE handheldusers,” 2 pages,
`May 17, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo.com bolstered by Name Brand
`Hendheld Makers, Wireless Providers and Content Publish-
`ers: Microsoft, Phillips, Casio,
`IBM, AT&T Wireless,
`GoAmerica, Novatel Wireless and Others Endorse Interac-
`tive Service with 100 Optimized Channels from Leading
`Content Proviers,” 6 pages, May 10, 1999, AvantGo,Inc.
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`Press Release, “AvantGo Unleashes AvantGo.com,the First
`Free Interactive Service for Mobile Device Uscr: New
`Personalized Service Puts the Power of the Web in the Palm
`
`of Your Hand,” 3 pages, May 10, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`Press Release, “David Harris Joins AdvantGo as Vice Presi-
`dent of Worldwide Sales and Business Development:
`TYormer Member of Adobe Senior Management Sings on
`with Industry-Leading Mobile Computing Company,” 2
`pages, Apr. 19, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`Press Release, “AvantGo Logo Created by 1185 Design
`Recognized as Outstanding: Design Receives Prestigious
`Communications Arts (CA) Magazine Award; Logo to
`Appear in CA and American Corporate Identity Publica-
`tions,” Mar. 29, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`Press Release, “AvantGo Licenses Certicom’s SSL Plus for
`Embedde Systems: Advanced Certicom security Technology
`now Available to Mobile Enterprise customers Using
`AdvantGo with Windows CE and Palm Computing hand-
`helds,” 2 pages, Apr. 13, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`Press Release, “AvantGo Integrates Seamlessly with New
`Minstrel III by Novatel Wireless: Interactive Wireless Data
`Capabilities Allow Real-time Access to Critical Information
`on Palm Computing Platform Devices,” 2 pages, Apr. 6,
`1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo and Microsoft Silicon Valley
`Developer Center to Offer Free Seminars to Enterprises
`Interested in Extending Applications to Windows CE—Based
`Devices: Attendees Can Register Today for Technical Ses-
`sions on Apr. 26-27 and May 24-25,” 2 pages, Mar. 16,
`1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo and the Windward Group Offer
`Free Seminars to Enterprises Interested in Extending Appli-
`cations to Mobile Devices: Attendees Can Register Today
`for by Bay Area Sessions on Apr. 28 & 29,” 2 pages, Mar.
`15, 1999, AvantGo,Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Recognized again for Execllence
`in Mobile Computing: Mobile Insights Chooses AvantGo as
`Best Mobile Computing Solution in “Wireless Internet and
`Intranet” Category,” 2 pages, Mar. 8, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo and Puma Deliver Open Source
`Code for Handheld-to-Server Connectivity: Microsoft,
`Sybase and Symbol Support Mobile Application Link as
`Key to Corporate Handheld Market Growth,” 2 pages, Mar.
`1, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Takes Home Sevenleading Indus-
`try Awards: Hot Mobile computing Software Company
`Recognized during 1998 for Creativity, Innovation and
`Candor,” Feb. 8, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Receives Two Awards from Tap
`Magazine,” Feb. 26, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`and AvantGo
`“Symbol Technologies
`Press Release,
`Announce Relationships To Provide Barcode Scanning Web
`Client on Symbol’s New Palm Terminals,” 2 pages, Feb. 1,
`1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Announces Support for the Latest
`Version of Windows CE for the Palm—Size PC: Leader in
`Managing Mobile Information Allows its Growing Number
`of Users to Take Advantage of More Windows CE Func-
`tionality,
`Including Color,”
`2 pages, Feb.
`1,
`1999,
`AdvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “InfoSpace.com and AdvantGo Deliver New
`Optimized Channels of Web Content to Handheld Devices:
`Companies introduce a Comprehensive offering of Web
`Content for Handheld,” 2 pages, Jan. 28, 1999, AvantGo,
`Inc.
`
`Press Release, “CNNfn and AvantGo Team Up to Help
`Users Keep Track of Breaking Business News on their
`Handheld Devices,” 2 pages, Jan. 26, 1999, AvantGo, Inc.
`Press Release, “CommerceNet Awards Ecommerce Innova-
`tion: AvantGo, Brokat, DealTime, eBay, and General Magic
`Receive Awards,” Dec. 16, 1998, AvantGo,Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo and Puma TechnologyJoin Forces
`on Open Industry Initiative for Mobile Device/Corporate
`Enterprise Application Connectivity: Mobile Application
`Link Initiative Lauded as Key to Market Growth,” 3 pages,
`Dec. 2, 1998, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “The Supporting News to Deliver News,
`Scores to Handheld Devices: The Sporting News teams with
`AvantGo to offer In—Depth News, Analysis and Scores to
`Portable Platforms,” 2 pages, Nov. 20, 1998, AvantGo, Inc.
`Press Releasc, “Knight Ridder Real Citics and AdvantGo
`Team up to Provide City Sites, News and Information on
`Handheld Computers: Visitors to sites have a Chance to Win
`Free Palm III Organizers in Introductory Contest,” 2 pages,
`Nov. 18, 1998, AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo and Oracle Team up to Deliver
`Mobile Applications to Handheld Devices: Combination of
`AvantGo and Oracle Lite Enables Unique Mobile Device
`Access to Oracle8i,” 2 pages, Nov. 9, 1998, AvantGo, Inc.
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`ning Content [rom ZDNet.com to Handheld Devices,” 2
`pages, Oct. 26, 1998, AvantGo, Inc.
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`Dow Jones Charts to Users of Handheld Devices,” 2 pages,
`Oct. 20, 1998, AdvantGo,Inc.
`
`Press Release, “IndustryWeek and AdvantGo Team Up to
`Deliver Management Best Practices News and Information
`to Users of Handheld Devices,” 2 pages, Oct. 6, 1998,
`AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “The Industry Standard and AdvantGo Team
`Up to Deliver News to Portable Devices: New Business
`Publication Takes Advantage of Publishing Trend Toward
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`Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AT&T Executive Joins AdvantGo Board of
`Directors: Robert J. Lesko Brings Global Services Experties
`to Hot Start-Up,” Aug. 10, 1998, AvantGo, Inc.
`to
`Press Release,
`“AvantGo Announces Agreemment
`Deliver News From The Wall Street Journal Interactive
`
`Edition to Handheld Computers,” 2 pages, Aug. 3, 1998,
`AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “Get Your Five-Day Weather Forecast-On A
`Handheld: Weather24 and AvantGo Deliver “Weather to
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`tainment Information to Mobile Users,” 2 pages, Jun. 22,
`1998, AvantGo, Inc.
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`Press Release, “AvantGo Secures $3.5 Million in Venture
`Capital: Hambrecht & Quist, Adobe Ventures and 21%
`Century Internet Venture Partners Invest; Chris Hollenbeck
`Joins AvantGo Board of Directors,” 2 pages, Jun. 8, 1998,
`AvantGo, Inc.
`Press Release, “AvantGo Signs Stuart Read As Vice Presi-
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`Mobile Computing Company,” May 26, 1998, AvantGo, Inc.
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`Serve Up News from Mobile Users: Wired Digital, The New
`York Times, Mercury Center, InfoWorld and CNET Deliver
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`
`Press Release, “AvantGo wins DMBS Magazine Editor’s
`Choice Award: Hot Mobile Computing Software Start-Up
`Recognized for Creativity and Innovation,” Apr. 20, 1998,
`AvantGo, Inc.
`
`Press Release, “AvantGo Licenses Java Technology to Palm
`Computing for the Conduit Development Kit, Java Edition:
`Technology Extends Enterprise Java Applications to the
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