Method for distributing video information to mobile phone based on push technology

• US 20040203712A1
• Filed: 02/20/2004
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Data Services Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.), WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Evolium SAS (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Murai, Takashi, Hayashi, Hiroki
• Granted Patent: US 8,165,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/422.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2402 Monitoring of the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. bandwidth available traffic monitoring in data switching networks H04L43/00; monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

The present invention provides a new method for distributing video information to a mobile phone based on push technology where a new function of a mobile phone is utilized sufficiently. In case that a user has registered that the user makes a request for a video information distribution service about a specific area to a user management sever in advance, when a mobile phone of the user exists in the specific area, video information is distributed from a video contents server to the mobile phone of the user based on push technology. Alternatively, when traffic of a radio channel connected to the mobile phone carried by the user is lower than a predetermined threshold, video information is distributed from a video contents server to the mobile phone based on push technology.

Claims

1. A method for distributing video information to a mobile phone based on push technology, in which video information is distributed based on push technology from a video contents server, which stores therein the video information to be distributed, to the mobile phone carried by a user under control of a user management server which controls user registration and video information distribution, comprising:

a step of registering that a user makes a request for a video information distribution service about a specific area to the user management server in advance;

a step of detecting that the mobile phone carried by the user exists in the specific area; and

a step of, when it has been detected that the mobile phone exists in the specific area, distributing the video information about the specific area from the video contents server to the mobile phone based on push technology.

4. A method for distributing video information to a mobile phone based on push technology, according to claim 1, further comprising:

a step of, when video information is distributed from the video contents server to the mobile phone based on push technology while a user is using the mobile phone, causing the mobile phone to save the video information distributed to the mobile phone;

a step of, when the video information is distributed from the video contents server to the mobile phone based on push technology while the user is not using the mobile phone, causing the mobile phone to display the video information distributed to the mobile phone for only a predetermined time period, and thereafter causing the mobile phone to stop displaying the video information and causing the mobile phone to save the remaining video information distributed after the predetermined time period has elapsed; and

a step of causing the mobile phone to display the saved video information on the basis of a user'"'"'s instruction.

2. A method for distributing video information to a mobile phone based on push technology, in which video information is distributed based on push technology from a video contents server, which stores therein the video information to be distributed, to the mobile phone carried by a user under control of a user management server which controls user registration and video information distribution, comprising:

a step of registering that a user makes a request for a video information distribution service about a specific area to the user management server in advance;

a step of detecting traffic of a radio channel connected to the mobile phone carried by the user; and

a step of, when the detected traffic is lower than a predetermined threshold, distributing video information from the video contents server to the mobile phone based on push technology.

3. A method for distributing video information to a mobile phone based on push technology, in which video information is distributed based on push technology from a video contents server, which stores therein the video information to be distributed, to the mobile phone carried by a user under control of a user management server which controls user registration and video information distribution, comprising:

a step of registering that the user makes a request for a video information distribution service to the user management server in advance;

a step of detecting that the mobile phone carried by the user exists in the specific area;

a step of detecting traffic of a radio channel connected to the mobile phone at a time when it has been detected that the mobile phone exists in the specific area; and

a step of, when the detected traffic is lower than a predetermined threshold, distributing video information about the specific area from the video contents server to the mobile phone based on push technology.