US 7,743,344 B2Granted

Method for optimizing utilization of client capacity

AssigneeHandmark, Inc.

InventorsKonstantin Zervas, Tomas Aronsson

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the use of client capacity when providing information contents to a user. First, two modes of navigation of the client are defined: a first, continuous navigation mode, characterized by restricted movement among the contents, and a second, discontinuous mode, characterized by unrestricted movement among the contents. Then it is determined which mode of navigation the user is currently using, and the utilization of client capacity is adapted based on the currently used mode of navigation. In the first mode of navigation, user action can be more easily anticipated, and the client capacity can be used for improving the ongoing media consumption. In the second mode of navigation, user action is more difficult to predict, and client capacity may be needed for handling unexpected actions.

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Dependent claims

A method for configuring the use of client capacity of a mobile device when providing media contents to a user wherein the media contents are contained as subjects that are organized in a media package structure, the media package structure identifying a current media subject, a plurality of other media subjects, and a navigation path having at least three directions from the current media subject to the plurality of other media subjects, and wherein a user can navigate the media package structure in order to consume the subjects, the method comprising:

defining at least two modes of navigation of the mobile device, including a first continuous navigation mode involving movement, via navigation keys of the mobile device, from a current media subject to subjects being located adjacent to the current media subject in the media package structure, and a second discontinuous navigation mode involving movement, via a pointing device, between arbitrary subjects in the media package structure;
determining a mode of navigation the user is currently using to be:
the first continuous navigation mode when movement from the current subject to another subject in the media package structure occurs via the navigation keys;
and
the second discontinuous navigation mode when movement between arbitrary subjects in media package structure occurs via the pointing device;
configuring the utilization of client capacity by identifying subjects in the media structure the user is more likely to consume based on the mode of navigation the user is currently using;
and
caching the identified subjects in the mobile device.

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A mobile device comprising:

a memory comprising:
a media structure comprising media contents organized as subjects, the media structure identifying a current media subject, a plurality of other media subjects, and a navigation path having at least three directions from the current media subject to the plurality of other media subjects, and wherein a user can navigate the media structure in order to consume the subjects;
and
software instructions to configure the use of client capacity of the mobile device when providing media contents to a user;
and
a processor to execute the software instructions to:
determine a navigation mode of the mobile device from at least two modes of navigation comprising a first continuous navigation mode involving movement, via navigation keys of the mobile device, from a current subject to subjects being located adjacent in the media structure, and a second discontinuous mode involving movement, via a pointing device of the mobile device, between arbitrary subjects in the media structure the first continuous navigation mode being when movement from the current subject to another subject in the media package structure occurs via the navigation keys, and the second discontinuous navigation mode being when movement between arbitrary subjects in media package structure occurs via the pointing device;
configure the utilization of client capacity by identifying subjects in the media structure that the user is more likely to consume based on the mode of navigation being used;
and
cache the identified subjects in the memory.

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A method for caching media contents in a memory of a mobile device when providing media contents to a user, wherein the media contents are organized as subjects in a media structure, the media structure identifying a current media subject, a plurality of other media subjects, and a navigation path having at least three directions from the current media subject to the plurality of other media subjects, and wherein a user can navigate the media structure in order to consume the subjects, the method comprising:

defining at least two modes of navigation of the client, including a first continuous navigation mode involving movement, via navigation keys of the mobile device, from a current media subject to subjects being located adjacent to the current media subject in the media package structure, and a second discontinuous navigation mode involving movement, via a pointing device, between arbitrary subjects in the media package structure;
determining which one of the at least two mode modes of navigation the user is currently using to move between subjects in the media structure the first continuous navigation mode being when movement from the current subject to another subject in the media package structure occurs via the navigation keys, and the second discontinuous navigation mode being when movement between arbitrary subjects in media package structure occurs via the pointing device;
configuring the utilization of the memory by identifying subjects in the media structure that the user is more likely to consume based on the determined mode of navigation;
and
caching the identified subjects in the memory.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.