METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A SERVICE APPLICATION EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT IN A HETEROGENEOUS, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM AND A USER FRIENDLY DATA TRANSFER SERVICE APPLICATION EXECUTING WITHIN THE SERVICE APPLICATION EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for data transfer between electronic, hand-held devices, including cell phones, and computer systems, including servers and PCs, as well as component methods and systems of these data-transfer methods and systems. Component methods and systems of the present invention include secure links between various devices, enhancements to electronic hand-held devices that enable service applications to run continuously or intermittently on the devices, deployment of dynamically created service applications to electronic, hand-held devices, and various additional component methods and systems that facilitate the above-mentioned component methods and systems. One embodiment of the present invention is a robust, efficient, secure, and user-friendly method and system for transferring data between cell phones and personal computers.