Internal code control system and method for wireless data download
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1. A system for downloading an object file, said system comprising:
- a server configured to recognize a first file format and a second file format;
a portable device in communication with the server via a wireless communication link;
a browser included on the portable device, said browser configured to recognize files in said first file format and said second file format;
a first file residing on the server configured in said first format which facilitates the downloading of the object file to the portable device via the browser; and
a second file residing on the server configured in said second format which facilitates confirmation of downloading of the object file to the portable device via the browser.
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Abstract
A system and method for the transfer of media content from an Internet server to a portable device is disclosed which may be configured using currently existing WAP and Internet server technologies with a new file downloading mechanism called Internal Code Control which makes use of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension types and file segmentation techniques to facilitate file transfer and download verification. An Index Parsing method of the Internal Code Control mechanism is disclosed for facilitating content download and billing functions.
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1. A system for downloading an object file, said system comprising:
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a server configured to recognize a first file format and a second file format;
a portable device in communication with the server via a wireless communication link;
a browser included on the portable device, said browser configured to recognize files in said first file format and said second file format;
a first file residing on the server configured in said first format which facilitates the downloading of the object file to the portable device via the browser; and
a second file residing on the server configured in said second format which facilitates confirmation of downloading of the object file to the portable device via the browser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A server configured to download an object file to a portable device, said server comprising:
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a first file configured according to a first MIME type specification which is used by said portable device to facilitate downloading of said object file to said portable device;
a second file configured according to a second MIME type specification which is used by said portable device, to confirm the successful downloading of the object file to the portable device; and
a control system for controlling the functions of the server and sending files to said portable device.
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17. A portable device configured to download an object file from a server, said portable device comprising:
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a browser configured to recognize files from the server in a first MIME format and a second MIME format, said browser interacting with said server to download a first file in said first MIME format and a second file in said second MIME format;
a parser for processing files in said first and second MIME formats to instruct said browser to interact with said server such that said object file is downloaded to said portable device; and
a control system for controlling the functions of said browser and said parser to download an object file from the server.
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18. A method of downloading an object file residing on a server to a portable device via a browser on the portable device, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a first file format and a second file format on both the server and the portable device;
providing a first file configured in said first file format on the server, said file referencing at least a portion of the object file;
providing a second file configured in said second file format on the server;
downloading said first file to said portable device via the browser;
downloading said object file to said portable device using said first file;
sending said second file to said portable device via the browser;
confirming the download of said object file to said browser using said second file; and
enabling said object file on said portable device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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