File download method for mobile device, server and mobile device thereof, and computer-readable medium

• US 10,085,128 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2011
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Po-Yen, Chen, Chien-Wen, Yeh, Pai-Chang, Lian, Li-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan, Hua
• Application Number:
  US13/087,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20110258292A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,720 Days
• Field of Search: 709219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A file download method for a mobile device, a server and a mobile device thereof, and a computer-readable medium are provided. In the method, the server obtains file identification information according to an access operation of a terminal device on a service website. When the file identification information corresponds to a file of a first type, the server transmits the file of the first type to the mobile device directly. When the file identification corresponds to a file of a second type, the server transmits the file identification information to the mobile device, so that the mobile device downloads the file of the second type according to the file identification information.

Claims

1. A file download method for a mobile device, comprising:

(a) obtaining a file identification information of a file comprising an application program by a server according to an access operation performed on a terminal device, wherein the access operation selects the file displayed on a service website, and wherein the service website is provided by the server and displayed on a screen of the terminal device;

(b) determining whether the file identification information corresponds to a file of a first type or a file of a second type to generate a determining result by the server;

(c) only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the first type, directly downloading the file selected through the access operation to the mobile device by the server in response to the determining result; and

(d) only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the second type, transmitting the file identification information of the file selected through the access operation to the mobile device by the server in response to the determining result and automatically downloading the file from a file providing platform according to the file identification information by the mobile device, wherein the file providing platform is not provided by the server,

wherein the mobile device is different from the terminal device in performance,

wherein the file is downloaded to the mobile device instead of the terminal device through the access operation performed on the terminal device which has a performance better than a performance of the mobile device, so as to improve convenience for downloading the file to the mobile device,

wherein the file that is downloaded to the mobile device is not downloaded to the terminal device and is not transferred from the terminal device to the mobile device, so as to improve efficiency for downloading the file to the mobile device, and

wherein the application program displayed on the service website is supported by the mobile device according to a device model of the mobile device.

2. The file download method for the mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the file of the first type is provided by the server.

3. The file download method for the mobile device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of downloading the file by the mobile device comprises:

displaying a user interface according to the file identification information; and

when a download instruction corresponding to the file is received through the user interface, connecting with the file providing platform providing the file of the second type to download the file.

4. A mobile device, comprising:

a storage unit;

a wireless communication module, for connecting the mobile device to a server providing a service website, wherein the server obtains a file identification information of a file selected through an access operation performed on a terminal device and determines whether the file identification information corresponds to a file of a first type or a file of a second type to generate a determining result, wherein the file is displayed on a service website provided by the server and comprises an application program; and

a processing module, coupled to the storage unit and the wireless communication module,

wherein only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the first type, the processing module directly downloads the file selected through the access operation from the server through the wireless communication module, and stores the file to the storage unit,

wherein only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the second type, the processing module receives the file identification information of the file selected through the access operation from the server through the wireless communication module, and automatically downloads the file from a file providing platform to the storage unit according to the file identification information, wherein the file providing platform is not provided by the server, wherein the mobile device is different from the terminal device in performance, wherein the file is downloaded to the mobile device instead of the terminal device through the access operation performed on the terminal device which has a performance better than a performance of the mobile device, so as to improve convenience for downloading the file to the mobile device,

wherein the file that is downloaded to the mobile device is not downloaded to the terminal device and is not transferred from the terminal device to the mobile device, so as to improve efficiency for downloading the file to the mobile device, and

wherein the application program displayed on the service website is supported by the mobile device according to a device model of the mobile device.

5. The mobile device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the file of the first type is provided by the server.

6. The mobile device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

a display module, coupled to the processing module,

wherein the processing module displays a user interface on the display module according to the file identification information, and controls the wireless communication module to connect with the file providing platform providing the file of the second type to download the file to the storage unit when a download instruction corresponding to the file is received through the user interface.

7. A server, comprising:

a central processing unit;

a data transmission module, coupled to the central processing unit; and

a service providing module, coupled to the data transmission module, the service providing module providing a service website displaying a file comprising an application program, and obtaining a file identification information of the file according to an access operation performed on a terminal device, wherein the access operation of the terminal device selects the file displayed on the service website,

wherein the service providing module determines whether the file identification information corresponds to a file of a first type or a file of a second type to generate a determining result,

wherein only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the first type, the service providing module controls the data transmission module to directly download the file selected through the access operation to a mobile device in response to the determining result,

only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the second type, the service providing module controls the data transmission module to transmit the file identification information of the file selected through the access operation to the mobile device in response to the determining result and the mobile device downloads the file from a file providing platform according to the file identification information,

wherein the file providing platform is not provided by the server,

wherein the mobile device is different from the terminal device in performance,

wherein the file is downloaded to the mobile device instead of the terminal device through the access operation performed on the terminal device which has a performance better than a performance of the mobile device, so as to improve convenience for downloading the file to the mobile device,

wherein the file that is downloaded to the mobile device is not downloaded to the terminal device and is not transferred from the terminal device to the mobile device, so as to improve efficiency for downloading the file to the mobile device, and

wherein the application program displayed on the service website is supported by the mobile device according to a device model of the mobile device.

8. The server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the file of the first type is provided by the server.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing at least one program instruction adapted to be loaded into a mobile device, the at least one program instruction executes at least following steps after being loaded into the mobile device:

connecting with a server providing a service website, wherein an access operation of a terminal device selects a file displayed on the service website, and the server obtains a file identification information of the file selected through the access operation and determines whether the file identification information corresponds to a file of a first type or a file of a second type to generate a determining result, wherein the file comprises an application program;

only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the first type, directly receiving the file selected through the access operation from the server; and

only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the second type, receiving the file identification information of the file selected through the access operation from the server, and automatically downloading the file from a file providing platform according to the file identification information,

wherein the file providing platform is not provided by the server,

wherein the mobile device is different from the terminal device in performance,

wherein the file is downloaded to the mobile device instead of the terminal device through the access operation performed on the terminal device which has a performance better than a performance of the mobile device, so as to improve convenience for downloading the file to the mobile device,

wherein the file that is downloaded to the mobile device is not downloaded to the terminal device and is not transferred from the terminal device to the mobile device, so as to improve efficiency for downloading the file to the mobile device, and

wherein the application program displayed on the service website is supported by the mobile device according to a device model of the mobile device.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing at least one program instruction adapted to be loaded into a server, the at least one program instruction executes at least following steps after being loaded into the server;

obtaining a file identification information of a file comprising an application program according to an access operation, wherein the access operation performed a terminal device selects the file displayed on a service website provided by the server;

determining whether the file identification information corresponds to a file of a first type or a file of a second type to generate a determining result;

only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the first type, directly downloading the file selected through the access operation to a mobile device in response to the determining result; and

only when the determining result is that the file identification information corresponds to the file of the second type, transmitting the file identification information of the file selected through the access operation to the mobile device in response to the determining result so that the mobile device automatically downloads the file from a file providing platform according to the file identification information,

wherein the file providing platform is not provided by the server,

wherein the mobile device is different from the terminal device in performance,

wherein the file is downloaded to the mobile device instead of the terminal device through the access operation performed on the terminal device which has a performance better than a performance of the mobile device, so as to improve convenience for downloading the file to the mobile device,

wherein the file that is downloaded to the mobile device is not downloaded to the terminal device and is not transferred from the terminal device to the mobile device, so as to improve efficiency for downloading the file to the mobile device, and

wherein the application program displayed on the service website is supported by the mobile device according to a device model of the mobile device.