Method and system for republishing mobile content
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsMichael LeBlanc, Jody Glidden, David 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.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a communications subsystem for communicating with a communications network, the communications network including a content server configurable for delivering content to the electronic device;
- and
- a storage device;
- at least one processor configured to cause the electronic device to:
- receive a content manifest associated with a content set comprising at least one content item, the content manifest including information for identifying each of the at least one content items, and information for retrieving each of the at least one content items;
- identify any changes to existing content stored in the storage device based on the information in the content manifest;
- retrieve updates for the content set corresponding to the changes;
- and
- store the updates in the storage device.
A method for updating content at an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the electronic device, a content manifest associated with a content set comprising at least one content item, the content manifest including information for identifying each of the at least one items, and information for retrieving each of the at least one items;
- identifying, at the electronic device, any changes to existing content stored at the electronic device based on the information in the content manifest;
- retrieving, from a content server, updates for the content set corresponding to the changes;
- and
- storing the updates at the electronic device.
A server comprising:
- at least one processor configured for:
- sending, to an electronic device, a content manifest associated with a content set comprising at least one content item, the content manifest including information for identifying each of the at least one items, and information for retrieving each of the at least one items;
- and
- in response to a request, from the electronic device, identifying a subset of the content set, sending the subset to the electronic device;
- wherein the content manifest includes information for identifying any changes to existing content at the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.