Method for data synchronization with mobile wireless devices
First Claim
1. An apparatus configured for providing multimedia access from a mobile wireless device configured for communicating over a wireless network subject to communication outages, comprising:
- a wireless transceiver configured for establishing streaming wireless data connectivity with a network;
a data repository configured for storing multimedia data retrieved from the network;
means for automatically playing back a first stream of multimedia data received through said wireless network in response to user activity; and
means for automatically communicating with the network to receive a second separate stream of multimedia data, without direct user interaction, for storage in said data repository for playback when a communication outage arises on said wireless network.
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Abstract
A system and method of non-interactive communication with wireless networks for a mobile wireless device such as a telephone, personal digital assistant (PDA), laptop, or other device configured for performing data transfers with an unreliable network, and the playing back of multimedia received over said network. The invention allows a user to send and receive email, web and other data updates in physical areas and locations of limited signal coverage without the user periodically activating the device for updating data. Furthermore, the invention allows non-interactive receipt of multimedia content for viewing when a network communication outage arises. In one embodiment a second (or subsequent) multimedia stream is received and stored in a data repository for playback when an outage arises. The programming of the device is configured to retrieve the content within the second multimedia stream in response to device programming, user set parameters, learned behaviors and/or non-user based selections.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus configured for providing multimedia access from a mobile wireless device configured for communicating over a wireless network subject to communication outages, comprising:
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a wireless transceiver configured for establishing streaming wireless data connectivity with a network;
a data repository configured for storing multimedia data retrieved from the network;
means for automatically playing back a first stream of multimedia data received through said wireless network in response to user activity; and
means for automatically communicating with the network to receive a second separate stream of multimedia data, without direct user interaction, for storage in said data repository for playback when a communication outage arises on said wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus configured for providing multimedia mobile wireless data access to a wireless network subject to communication outages, comprising:
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a transceiver configured for establishing wireless data connectivity with a peer network, local-area network, wide-area network, or Internet;
a computer configured for controlling said transceiver for interactive retrieval of a first multimedia stream from the network, and the non-interactive receiving of at least a second multimedia stream from the network;
a memory coupled to said computer configured for storing the data of said second multimedia stream as retrieved from the network; and
programming configured for execution on said computer for, playing back a first stream of multimedia in real-time in response to user selections while communication remains established with said wireless network, storing in said memory, without additional user interaction, a second multimedia stream received in the background while wireless communication remains established with the network, playing multimedia content stored in said memory from said second multimedia stream in response to detecting an outage in communication on said wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of non-interactive wireless playback of multimedia streams on a network device operable on a network subject to communication outages, comprising:
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(a) establishing connectivity from a network device with said network;
(b) receiving a first stream of multimedia data from said network in response to user interaction;
wherein said multimedia data can comprise audio content, video content, or a combination of video and audio content;
(c) receiving a second stream of multimedia data from said network non-interactively in response to device programming, learned behaviors, user set selection, content provider selection, and/or service provider selection;
(d) storing said multimedia data from said second stream within a data repository configured for storing multimedia data;
(e) detecting a communication outage between said network device and said network; and
(f) playing back second stream multimedia data stored in said data repository in response to communication outages. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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