Extended content storage method and apparatus
First Claim
1. An extended content storage system, comprising:
- a monitoring module;
a client element including a local memory communicatively coupled to the monitoring module, and an application to receive an initial portion of the content and a subsequent portion of the content, the local memory being associated with a selected storage limit approximately less than or equal to the initial portion of the content; and
a server element capable of being communicatively coupled to the client element and having a server memory to store the initial and the subsequent portions of the content.
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Abstract
An extended content storage system, apparatus, and method are disclosed. The system includes a client and server capable of being communicatively coupled to a communications medium, and a module to monitor the type of content type and its transmission rate as it is stored in a limited local memory maintained by the client. The method includes monitoring the local content storage memory as it is used to acquire the content, and establishing a connection between the client and server to enable sending a selected portion of the acquired content to the server. The method enables subsequent portions of the content to be acquired without exceeding the local memory storage limit, and review of the acquired content during acquisition of subsequent portions.
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28 Claims
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1. An extended content storage system, comprising:
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a monitoring module;
a client element including a local memory communicatively coupled to the monitoring module, and an application to receive an initial portion of the content and a subsequent portion of the content, the local memory being associated with a selected storage limit approximately less than or equal to the initial portion of the content; and
a server element capable of being communicatively coupled to the client element and having a server memory to store the initial and the subsequent portions of the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A client element for extended storage of content, comprising:
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a monitoring module; and
a local memory communicatively coupled to the monitoring module and capable of storing an initial portion of the content and a subsequent portion of the content, the local memory being associated with a selected storage limit monitored by the monitoring module and which is approximately less than or equal to the initial portion of the content. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of extending storage for content, comprising:
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monitoring a remaining amount of memory associated with a selected storage limit in a local memory;
storing an initial portion of the content in the local memory;
determining that the remaining amount of memory will be approximately equal to zero within a calculated time period associated with a connection to be established between a client element and a server element;
establishing the connection between the client element including the local memory and the server element including a server memory; and
sending a selected part of the initial portion of the content to the server element from the client element using the connection. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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