Gregory A Swanson

US Patent:

20050216639, Sep 29, 2005

Filed:

Jul 26, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/900013

Inventors:

Craig Sparer - Boynton Beach FL, US
Howard Fried - San Leandro CA, US
Dale Johnson - Redwood City CA, US
Stewart Alpert - Glendale CA, US
John Carosella - Los Altos CA, US
Gregory Swanson - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F012/00

US Classification:

710305000, 711100000

Abstract:

A system, method and apparatus for integrating onto a mobile memory device, data and integrated software used to access and manipulate the data. The mobile memory device is accessible from any suitable computing device adapted to receive a universal port connector such as USB or Firewire. The integrated software is capable of connecting a networked computing device to a central server in order to synchronize the data stored on the mobile memory device with copies of the same data stored on the server. Access control is implemented by the integrated software to identify authorize users and grant appropriate access rights to the data stored on the mobile memory device. The integrated software provides a plurality of tools for organizing, manipulating and sharing data including: calendaring, messaging, file management, file browsing, Internet access, database management and communications.