System and method for searching multimedia and download the search result to mobile devices
First Claim
1. A system and method to enable mobile users to find multimedia items located on the internet and download to their mobile devices, the system and method comprising:
- At least one crawling server in data connection with the internet;
At least a data storage server in communication with the internet;
At least one search server in communication with the internet;
At least one download server in communication with the internet;
At least one messaging server in communication with the internet and wireless messaging gateway;
Wireless devices in communication with internet via wireless application protocol;
Mobile device information records;
Gateway Information records;
Service provider records;
Operating crawling server to index multimedia items;
Searching against the records of indexed multimedia items from both PC and mobile devices;
Previewing search results;
Sending search results to mobile devices;
Downloading desired items returned in the search result list to mobile devices.
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Abstract
A method and system for searching multimedia files from multimedia content sites on the internet and downloading search result to mobile devices. The system and method includes a crawling server for indexing multimedia items, a search server, a data storage server, a download server and a wireless messaging server in data communication with the internet and in wireless communication with SS7 wireless networks, and a wireless mobile device having circuitry for establishing data communications with the wireless application protocol network and a display for displaying information generated by the search server. The methods further include crawling the Internet to index multimedia items; enabling search from both desktop PC and mobile devices to find desired multimedia items; providing options to send search result to mobile devices; downloading search result directly on a mobile device; detecting downloading method from downloading request; delivering notification message to mobile device and invoking the link on the mobile device to initiate download; creating file descriptor for downloading; and downloading the multimedia item to mobile devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A system and method to enable mobile users to find multimedia items located on the internet and download to their mobile devices, the system and method comprising:
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At least one crawling server in data connection with the internet;
At least a data storage server in communication with the internet;
At least one search server in communication with the internet;
At least one download server in communication with the internet;
At least one messaging server in communication with the internet and wireless messaging gateway;
Wireless devices in communication with internet via wireless application protocol;
Mobile device information records;
Gateway Information records;
Service provider records;
Operating crawling server to index multimedia items;
Searching against the records of indexed multimedia items from both PC and mobile devices;
Previewing search results;
Sending search results to mobile devices;
Downloading desired items returned in the search result list to mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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