Enhanced data sharing to and between mobile device users

Abstract

Enhanced data sharing from the enterprise to end users involves receiving a data sharing command on an administrative control panel. The data sharing command has a selection of content, identity information of a communication session initiator, and identity information of a communication session recipient. A submission request, which includes the content and identity information of the initiator is transmitted to a computing device associated with the recipient. Local records on the recipient computing device are updatable with the received visual content and the identity information of the initiator. This data is presentable to the recipient upon an incoming communications session request.

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         21 . A non-transitory program storage medium on which are stored instructions executable by a processor or programmable circuit to perform operations for enhancing data sharing between computing device users, the operations comprising:
 receiving one or more submission requests generated by user interaction with a first user interface of a sending computer system, the one or more submission requests including content from a sender and associated submission data corresponding to one or more recipients of the content;   associating the content with registered accounts of the one or more recipients based upon the submission data; and   updating a second user interface of one or more receiving computer systems to allow an invocation of the viewing of the content thereon during a sender-controlled availability period based upon the one or more submission requests.   
     
     
         22 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the method further includes sending a notification to the one or more receiving computing devices, the notification indicating that the content is available for access. 
     
     
         23 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein a given one of the one or more receiving computer systems is an end user mobile device. 
     
     
         24 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the content is selected from a group consisting of: an image, text, a video sequence, and an audio sequence. 
     
     
         25 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the first interface is a native contacts communication controller in an operating system of the sending computing device; and   the second interface is a native contacts communication controller in an operating system of a corresponding one of the one or more receiving computing devices.   
     
     
         26 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 25 , wherein the native contacts communication controller in the operating systems of the sending computing device and in the one or more receiving computer devices is a native call controller. 
     
     
         27 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 25 , wherein the native contacts communication controller of a given one of the one or more receiving computing devices is operable to update a contact record for the sender in a native contact list of the given one of the one or more receiving computing devices to associate the image with the sender. 
     
     
         28 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 25 , wherein the native contacts communication controller of the sending computing device is operable to update a contact record for a given one of the recipients in a native contact list of the sending computing device to associate the image with the recipient. 
     
     
         29 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 25 , wherein the native contacts communication controller of the sending computing device is operable to update a contact record for the sender in a native contact list of the sending computing device to associate the image with the one or more recipients. 
     
     
         30 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 25 , wherein the native contacts communication controller of the given one of the one or more receiving computing device is operable to retrieve a locally stored copy of the content and display the content while a telecommunications session initiation is incoming. 
     
     
         31 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 25 , wherein the second user interface displays the content in response to an incoming telecommunications session. 
     
     
         32 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 25 , wherein the incoming telecommunications session is initiated from the sending computing device. 
     
     
         33 . A non-transitory program storage medium on which are stored instructions executable by a processor or programmable circuit to perform operations for enhancing data sharing between computing device users, the operations comprising:
 receiving a first submission request generated by interaction of a sender with a first user interface accessible via an application on a sending computing device, the first submission request including content and submission data indicative of one or more recipients of the content; and   updating one or more second user interfaces to make the content available for display presented on corresponding one or more receiving computing devices associated with the one or more recipients;   wherein the content is invokable on the one or more second user interfaces during a sender-controlled availability period.   
     
     
         34 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 33 , wherein the operations further comprises receiving a second submission request generated by user interaction, the second submission request including additional content from the sender, and updating the second user interface to allow an invocation of the viewing of the second content during a second sender-controlled availability period. 
     
     
         35 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 33 , wherein the operations further comprises receiving a third submission request generated by user interaction, the third submission request including content from the sender reverted back to the content of a previous one of the one or more submission requests, and updating the second user interface to allow an invocation of the viewing of the third content during a third sender-controlled availability period. 
     
     
         36 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 33 , wherein a notification of an availability of the content is selectively displayable on the one or more of the receiving computing devices. 
     
     
         37 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 33 , wherein the second interfaces are accessible via respective applications on the one or more of the receiving computing devices. 
     
     
         38 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 37 , wherein the application installed on a given one of the one or more receiving computing devices is operable to update contact records for the sender in native contact lists of the one or more receiving computing devices to associate the content with the sender. 
     
     
         39 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 37 , wherein the application installed on the sending computing device is operable to update a contact record for the sender in a native contact list of the sending computing device to associate the image with the one or more receiving computing devices. 
     
     
         40 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 37 , wherein the application installed on the sending computing device is operable to update a contact record for the one or more recipients in a native contact list of the sending computing device to associate the image with the one or more receiving computing devices. 
     
     
         41 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 33 , wherein the application installed on a given one of the one or more receiving computing devices is operable to retrieve a locally stored copy of the content to display while a telecommunications session is incoming. 
     
     
         42 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 33 , wherein:
 the first interface is a native contacts communication controller in an operating system of the sending computing device; and   the one or more second interfaces is a native contacts communication controller in an operating system of a corresponding one of the one or more receiving computing devices.   
     
     
         43 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 42 , wherein the native contacts communication controller in the operating systems of the sending computing device and in the one or more receiving computer devices is a native call controller. 
     
     
         44 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 42 , wherein the native contacts communication controller of a given one of the one or more receiving computing devices is operable to update a contact record for the sender in a native contact list of the corresponding one of the one or more receiving computing devices to associate the image with the sender. 
     
     
         45 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 42 , wherein the native contacts communication controller of the sending computing device is operable to update a contact record for the sender in a native contact list of the sending computing device to associate the image with the one or more recipients. 
     
     
         46 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 42 , wherein the native contacts communication controller of the sending computing device is operable to update a contact record for one or more of the recipients in a native contact list of the sending computing device to associate the image with the one or more recipients. 
     
     
         47 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 42 , wherein a given one of the native contacts communication controller of a corresponding one of the one or more receiving computing devices is operable to retrieve a locally stored copy of the content for display while a telecommunications session is incoming. 
     
     
         48 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 33 , wherein a given one of the second user interfaces displays the content in response to an incoming telecommunications session. 
     
     
         49 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 33 , wherein the incoming telecommunications session is initiated from the sending computing device. 
     
     
         50 . The non-transitory program storage medium of  claim 33 , wherein a given one of the receiving computing devices is a mobile device.