Targeted delivery of download for connected devices
AssigneeARRIS Enterprises LLC
InventorsHarin D. Sarda, Krishna Prasad Panje
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate a selection of a device for receiving a download associated with one or more other devices. When a download is targeted to a plurality of devices, an individual device may be selected from the plurality of devices, and the selected device may retrieve the download. After retrieving the download, the selected device may share the download with the rest of the plurality of devices. The individual device may be selected based upon status information associated with each of the plurality of devices, and the selected device may be a device that is free or relatively less busy than the other devices.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving download trigger information associated with a download targeted for a plurality of devices;
- retrieving status information associated with each respective one device of the plurality of devices;
- based upon the retrieved status information, selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices, wherein the selected device is selected from the plurality of devices;
- receiving the download at the selected device;
- and
- outputting a notification to the other devices of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises instructions for retrieving the download.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more modules configured to:
- receive download trigger information associated with a download targeted for a plurality of devices;
- retrieve status information associated with each respective one device of the plurality of devices;
- based upon the retrieved status information, select a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices, wherein the selected device is selected from the plurality of devices;
- receive the download at the selected device;
- and
- output a notification to the other devices of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises instructions for retrieving the download.
One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:
- receiving download trigger information associated with a download targeted for a plurality of devices;
- retrieving status information associated with each respective one device of the plurality of devices;
- based upon the retrieved status information, selecting a device to receive the download targeted for the plurality of devices, wherein the selected device is selected from the plurality of devices;
- receiving the download at the selected device;
- and
- outputting a notification to the other devices of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises instructions for retrieving the download.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.