Method and system for republishing mobile content
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsMichael LeBlanc, Jody Glidden, David James Hudson, Jacob Samuel O'Reilly
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for republishing content for a wireless device. In the wireless device, this may comprise: receiving a content manifest associated with a new content, the content manifest providing information about the new content; identifying any changes to existing content stored in the device, based on the information in the content manifest; retrieving updates in the new content corresponding to the changes; and storing the updates.
Claims14
A content delivery system for republishing a set of content for a wireless device, the system comprising:
- a content server configurable to deliver push content to the wireless device, the content server having a processor connected to a memory;
- and a mobile connector coupled to the content server for delivering the set of content to the wireless device by pushing the set of content to the wireless device, the content server having one or more modules stored in the memory and being configured to cause the content server to:
- push a content manifest to the wireless device, the content manifest being associated with the set of content comprising at least two content items, the content manifest providing:
- information for retrieving each of the at least two content items, and information for identifying each of the at least two content items;
- and
- in response to a request from the wireless device for a selection of one or more content items selected from the at least two content items, provide the selected one or more content items;
- wherein content items are not provided to the wireless device until receipt of the request from the wireless device;
- and
- wherein when the set of content comprises at least one content item which was previously provided to the wireless device, the content manifest provides information for determining whether the previously provided at least one content item has been updated.
A method, in a content server of a content delivery system, for republishing a set of push content for a wireless device, the method comprising:
- sending a content manifest to the wireless device by pushing the content manifest to the wireless device, the content manifest being associated with the set of content comprising at least two content items, the content manifest providing:
- information for retrieving each of the at least two content items, and information for identifying each of the at least two content items;
- and
- in response to a request from the wireless device for a selection of one or more content items selected from the at least two content items, providing the selected one or more content items;
- wherein content items are not provided to the wireless device until receipt of the request from the wireless device;
- and
- wherein when the set of content comprises at least one content item which was previously provided to the wireless device, the content manifest provides information for determining whether the previously provided at least one content item has been updated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.