User confirmation in data downloading

• US 20060031493A1
• Filed: 06/28/2004
• Published: 02/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Cugi, Guido
• Granted Patent: US 7,600,015 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of arranging user confirmation for data downloading. A request is sent for a description of the object to be downloaded. The description of the object is transmitted, the description comprising an information unit indicating whether user confirmation is required. The information unit is checked. The user is prompted for confirmation in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is required. The downloading process of the object is continued in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is not required.

Claims

1. A method of arranging user confirmation for data downloading, the method comprising:

sending a request for a description of the object to be downloaded,

receiving the description of the object, the description comprising an information unit indicating whether user confirmation is required,

checking the information unit,

prompting the user for confirmation in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is required, or

continuing the downloading process of the object in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is not required.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

checking, in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is not required, whether the entity from which the object is to be downloaded is trusted, and

transmitting a request for downloading the object as a response to the entity being trusted, or

prompting the user for confirmation in response to the entity not being trusted, and

transmitting a request for downloading the object as a response to receiving a user confirmation.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein check for trustworthiness of the entity is done by searching for the domain in URI of the entity from a list of trusted domains and, if the domain is found from the list, the entity is trusted, otherwise not.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is applied for arranging downloading of the object to a mobile device.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the description of the object is a downloading descriptor of the OMA OTA downloading.

6. A method of arranging user confirmation for data downloading, the method comprising:

receiving a request for a description of an object to be downloaded, and

transmitting the description of the object, the description comprising an information unit indicating whether user confirmation is required.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the description of the object is a downloading descriptor of the OMA OTA downloading.

8. A data downloading system comprising a data downloading client and a server, wherein

the client is configured to send a request for a description of the object to be downloaded,

the server is configured to transmit the description of the object, the description comprising an information unit indicating whether user confirmation is required,

the client is configured to check the information unit,

the client is configured to prompt the user for confirmation in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is required, or

the client is configured to continue the downloading process of the object in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is not required.

9. A data processing device comprising:

data transmission means for sending a request for a description of the object to be downloaded,

data reception means for receiving the description of the object, the description comprising an information unit indicating whether user confirmation is required,

checking means for checking the information unit,

control means for causing prompting the user for confirmation in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is required, and

control means for continuing the downloading process of the object in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is not required.

10. The data processing according to claim 9, wherein

the data processing device is further configured to check, in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is not required, whether the entity from which the object is to be downloaded is trusted, and

the data processing device is configured to transmit a request for downloading the object as a response to the entity being trusted, or

the data processing device is configured to prompt the user for confirmation in response the entity not being trusted, and

the data processing device is configured to transmit a request for downloading the object as a response receiving a user confirmation.

11. The data processing according to claim 10, wherein the data processing device is configured to check the trustworthiness of the entity by searching for the domain in URI of the entity from a list of trusted domains and, if the domain is found from the list, the data processing device is configured to determine the entity to be trusted, otherwise not.

12. The data processing according to claim 10, wherein the data processing device is configured to contact a predetermined trusted device in order to check the trustworthiness of the entity from which the object is to be downloaded.

13. The data processing according to claim 9, wherein the data processing device is a wireless mobile device.

14. The data processing according to claim 13, wherein the data processing device is a client for an OMA OTA downloading system and comprises a discovery application and a downloading user agent, and the data processing device is configured to check the information unit from a received OMA OTA downloading descriptor.

15. A module for controlling a data processing device, the module comprising:

means for causing the data processing device to send a request for a description of the object to be downloaded,

means for causing the data processing device to receive the description of the object, the description comprising an information unit indicating whether user confirmation is required,

means for causing the data processing device to check the information unit,

means for causing the data processing device to prompt the user for confirmation in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is required, and

means for causing the data processing device to continue the downloading process of the object in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is not required.

16. A data processing device comprising:

means for determining a descriptor for a downloadable object, the descriptor comprising an information unit indicating whether user confirmation is required for downloading of the object,

means for storing the descriptor,

means for retrieving the descriptor as a response to a received request for the descriptor or the object, and

means for transmitting the description.

17. A computer program product, loadable into the memory of a data processing device, for controlling a data processing device by executing a program code included in the computer software product in a processor of the data processing device, the computer program product comprising:

a program code portion for causing the data processing device to send a request for a description of the object to be downloaded,

a program code portion for causing the data processing device to receive the description of the object, the description comprising an information unit indicating whether user confirmation is required,

a program code portion for causing the data processing device to check the information unit,

a program code portion for causing the data processing device to prompt the user for confirmation in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is required, or

a program code portion for causing the data processing device to continue the downloading process of the object to be downloaded in response to the information unit indicating that user confirmation is not required.

18. A computer program product, loadable into the memory of a data processing device, for controlling a data processing device by executing a program code included in the computer software product in a processor of the data processing device, the computer program product comprising:

a program code portion for causing the data processing device to determine a descriptor for a downloadable object, the descriptor comprising an information unit indicating whether user confirmation is required for downloading of the object,

a program code portion for causing the data processing device to store the descriptor,

a program code portion for causing the data processing device to retrieve the descriptor as a response to a received request for the descriptor or the object, and

a program code portion for causing the data processing device to transmit the description.