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US 8,027,671 B2Granted
Delivering files to a mobile device
AssigneePenthera Partners, Inc.
InventorsGary N. Wallace, Jr., Adam L. Berger
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Abstract
Among other things, in controlling a download of one or more files from a server to a mobile device, account is taken of at least two of: an urgency of the file, the existence of a user-indicated preference about the download, a power status of the mobile device, and a network connectivity status of the mobile device.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- downloading a file over a communication channel from a server to a mobile device,
- monitoring, in the course of the download, a first condition comprising a capacity of the communication channel,
- monitoring, in the course of the download, a second condition comprising a state of resources at the mobile device that will be needed for the download,
- monitoring, in the course of the download, a third condition comprising an urgency of the file,
- continuing a partial download of the file, even when one or more of the conditions has deteriorated, if predetermined circumstances exist,
- suspending a download of the file that is occurring when a power level or network connectivity degrades during the download, and
- resuming the suspended download when the power level or network connectivity improves during the suspension.
4 more elements
The method of 14 in which the displaying includes showing a percentage of at least one of the listed files which has been downloaded.
The method of 14 in which the displaying occurs at the mobile device.
The method of 14 in which the displaying occurs on a web page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.