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US 9,002,828 B2Granted
Predictive content delivery
AssigneeSeven Networks, LLC
InventorTrevor Fiatal
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Abstract
A system and method for predictive retrieval of content is described. Prior to selection and delivery of content to a mobile device by a personal computer, content is predictively retrieved from storage at the computing device. By predictively retrieving content, the content is available for immediate computing device to mobile device transfer.
Claims41
A method of predictive content delivery to a mobile device over a wireless network, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a search query for content stored at the computing device, wherein the search query is generated by the mobile device;
- identifying search results responsive to the search query, the search results to be provided by the computing device to the mobile device for selection by a user of the mobile device;
- selecting, by the computing device, content corresponding to certain of the search results, wherein the content corresponding to the certain of the search results is not delivered to the mobile device among the certain search results but is to be pre-loaded on the mobile device before being requested by the user of the mobile device,
- wherein, the content corresponding to the certain of the search results is selected according to network performance of the wireless network;
- and
- delivering the content corresponding to the certain of the search results to the mobile device,
- wherein the content is already loaded on the mobile device prior to selection of the corresponding search results by the user of the mobile device, and
- wherein, the content delivered to the mobile device is selected based on a distribution curve according to a file location of the content in a file structure.
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A method of preloading content associated with select search results on a mobile device from a server, the method comprising:
- using a history of previous requests for content from the mobile device to select content corresponding to select search results at the server, wherein the select content is stored on the server and is not provided to the mobile device together with the select search results but is to be preloaded on the mobile device before the select content is requested by a user of the mobile device;
- wherein the content is further selected based on predictions with regards to behavior of the user on the mobile device, the behavior determined by identifying a trend of content access on the mobile device, wherein the trend corresponds to an accuracy rate of prior behavioral predictions by the server;
- sending, to the mobile device over a wireless network, the associated content, wherein the content is available for access by the mobile device when requested.
A method for mobile search, the method comprising:
- identifying search results for content stored at a server responsive to a search query generated by a mobile device, the mobile device being communicatively coupled to the server in a wireless network;
- selecting content corresponding to certain search results of the search results for reformatting at a computing device, wherein the content is not provided to the mobile device together with the certain search results;
- wherein, the content is selected and reformatted based on network conditions of the wireless network prior to selection of the certain search results by a user of the mobile device;
- pre-loading the reformatted content on the mobile device before the selection of the certain search results is made, wherein the reformatted content is already available for user access on the mobile device when the user makes the selection;
- wherein the content is selected based on content access history at the mobile device.
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A method of predictive content delivery to a mobile device over a wireless network, the method comprising:
- selecting, by a server, content corresponding to a subset of search results associated with a search query received by a mobile device, wherein the content is not delivered from the server to the mobile device among the select search results but is to be pre-loaded on the mobile device before the content is requested by a user of the mobile device;
- wherein, the content corresponding to the subset of the search results is selected according to a distribution curve according to a file location of the content in a file structure;
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- delivering, over the wireless network, the content of the subset of the search results to the mobile device,
- wherein the content corresponding to respective search results is accessible to a user of the mobile device when the user selects the respective search results.
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A system providing predictive content delivery to a mobile device over a wireless network, the system comprising:
- a server that selects content corresponding to a subset of search results associated with a search query received by a mobile device, the server comprising a processor and a memory device, wherein the content is not delivered from the server to the mobile device among the select search results but is to be pre-loaded on the mobile device before the content is requested by a user of the mobile device,
- wherein, the content corresponding to the subset of the search results is selected according to a distribution curve according to a file location of the content in a file structure, and
- wherein the server further delivers, over the wireless network, the content of the subset of the search results to the mobile device, and the content corresponding to respective search results is accessible to a user of the mobile device when the user selects the respective search results.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.