System and method for the reception of content items
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving one or more service announcements relating to a content item, each of said service announcements being in at least one of a plurality of formats;
extracting one or more service properties relating to the content item from said one or more service announcements;
storing said one or more service properties in a predetermined format, wherein the predetermined format preserves the one or more formats corresponding to each of the one or more service announcements;
receiving, at a device, information relating to which of one or more offered network access points are actually available to the device; and
determining which of the available network access points is the best for receiving a selected content item based on success properties associated with the available network access points,wherein the success properties are received by the device in one or more messages from one or more other devices, andwherein the success properties indicate a level of success associated with receiving other content items by the one or more other devices from the available network access points, the success properties are derived from stored historical experience of the one or more other devices, and the historical experience includes historical success of each of the available network access points receiving a format type of the selected content item.
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Abstract
A system and method for the reception of content items, including the ability to handle a plurality of service announcement formats and the ability to select, for a plurality of network access points, the best access point for receiving items.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving one or more service announcements relating to a content item, each of said service announcements being in at least one of a plurality of formats; extracting one or more service properties relating to the content item from said one or more service announcements; storing said one or more service properties in a predetermined format, wherein the predetermined format preserves the one or more formats corresponding to each of the one or more service announcements; receiving, at a device, information relating to which of one or more offered network access points are actually available to the device; and determining which of the available network access points is the best for receiving a selected content item based on success properties associated with the available network access points, wherein the success properties are received by the device in one or more messages from one or more other devices, and wherein the success properties indicate a level of success associated with receiving other content items by the one or more other devices from the available network access points, the success properties are derived from stored historical experience of the one or more other devices, and the historical experience includes historical success of each of the available network access points receiving a format type of the selected content item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; receive one or more service announcements relating to a content item, each of said service announcements being in at least one of a plurality of formats; extract one or more service properties relating to the content item from said one or more service announcements; storing said one or more service properties in a predetermined format, wherein the predetermined format preserves the one or more formats corresponding to each of the one or more service announcements; receive, at a device, information relating to which of one or more offered network access points are actually available to the device; and determine which of the available network access points is the best for receiving a selected content item based on success properties associated with the available network access points, wherein the success properties are received by the device in one or more messages from one or more other devices, and wherein the success properties indicate a level of success associated with receiving other content items by the one or more other devices from the available network access points, the success properties are derived from stored historical experience of the one or more other devices, and the historical experience includes historical success of each of the available network access points receiving a format type of the selected content item. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform:
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receiving one or more service announcements relating to a content item, each of said service announcements being in at least one of a plurality of formats; extracting one or more service properties relating to the content item from said one or more service announcements; storing said one or more service properties in a predetermined format, wherein the predetermined format preserves the one or more formats corresponding to each of the one or more service announcements; receiving, at a device, information relating to which of one or more offered network access points are actually available to the device; and determining which of the available network access points is the best for receiving a selected content item based on success properties associated with the available network access points, wherein the success properties are received by the device in one or more messages from one or more other devices, and wherein the success properties indicate a level of success associated with receiving other content items by the one or more other devices from the available network access points, the success properties are derived from stored historical experience of the one or more other devices, and the historical experience includes historical success of each of the available network access points receiving a format type of the selected content item. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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