Sharing digital content via a packet-switched network
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorMichael J Toutonghi
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Abstract
In one aspect, the invention provides a method for sharing content. The method is performed by a data acquisition device and comprises upon encountering a content transfer condition, if a size of content is greater than a predefined size threshold then performing a lossy compression operation on the content to reduce the size of the content to produce lossy-compressed content, and transmitting the lossy-compressed content to a predefined destination for routing to a final storage location using a packet-switched networking protocol; and at a later time, performing a synchronization operation wherein the non-lossy compressed content is transmitted to the final storage location.
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A method for a data acquisition device, the data acquisition device enabled to communicate over an over-the-air (OTA) network and enabled to communicate over a packet switched network, the method comprising:
- the data acquisition device storing content for transmission to a final storage location;
- upon encountering a content transfer condition, determining that a size of the content is greater than a predefined size threshold;
- upon determining that the size of content is greater than the predefined size threshold, performing a lossy compression operation on the content to reduce the size of the content to produce a lossy-compressed content;
- transmitting the lossy-compressed content, using a packet-switched networking protocol and without transmitting the lossy-compressed content over an OTA network, to a predefined destination for routing to a final storage location;
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- at a later time, performing a synchronization operation wherein the data acquisition device transmits the content to the final storage location to replace the lossy-compressed content previously transmitted using the packet-switched networking protocol with the content.
A method, comprising:
- receiving lossy-compressed content from a data acquisition device using a packet-switched networking protocol;
- receiving metadata associated with the lossy-compressed content from the data acquisition device;
- storing the lossy-compressed content;
- routing the lossy-compressed content to the lossy-compressed content's final storage location based on the metadata;
- generating an encrypted link to the stored lossy-compressed content;
- transmitting the encrypted link to the lossy-compressed content to selected invitees based on the metadata;
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- performing a synchronization operation wherein content corresponding to the lossy-compressed content is received from the data acquisition device to replace the lossy-compressed content and wherein the content is received from the data acquisition device through a transmission protocol different from the packet-switched networking protocol used to receive the lossy-compressed content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.