SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADING NETWORK CONTENT

• US 20070094398A1
• Filed: 08/25/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOU, YI-HSIU
• Application Number:
  US11/309,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20070094398A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• 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

Abstract

A method for automatically downloading network content, comprising steps of receiving user preferences; downloading network content; determining whether the network content corresponds with the user preferences; and transmitting the network content to a client if the network content corresponds with the user preferences.

Claims

1. A system for automatically downloading network content, comprising:

a user database for saving user preferences received from a client;

a content downloading module for downloading network content from the Internet according to the user preferences;

a determining module for determining whether the network content corresponds with the user preferences; and

a transmitting module for transmitting the network content to the client according to the user preferences if the network content corresponds with the user preferences.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a timer for counting a time period, and enabling the content downloading module to download the network content after the time period has elapsed.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a user interface for receiving the user preferences from the client.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user preferences comprise types of the network content.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user preferences comprise an updating period of the network content.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user preferences comprise selection criteria of the network content.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user preferences comprise a plurality of transmission tools of the network content.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the transmission tool comprises E-mail.

9. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the transmission tool comprises a short message service.

10. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the transmission tool comprises a Web.

11. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the transmission tool comprises an instant messenger.

12. A method for automatically downloading network content, comprising steps of:

receiving user preferences;

downloading network content;

determining whether the network content corresponds with the user preferences; and

transmitting the network content to a client if the network content corresponds with the user preferences.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein if the network content does not correspond with the user preferences, returning to step of downloading network content.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

setting a time period according to the user preferences; and

downloading the network content from the Internet after the time period has elapsed.

15. The method in claim 12, wherein the step of receiving user preferences further comprises a step of receiving types of the network content.

16. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein step of receiving user preferences further comprises a step of receiving an updating period of the network content.

17. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein step of receiving user preferences further comprises a step of receiving selection criteria of the network content.

18. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein step of receiving user preferences further comprises a step of receiving transmission tools of the network content.

19. A method for automatically downloading network content from the Internet, comprising the steps of:

establishing network connection between the Internet and a network device used to provide network connection for a client to access the Internet;

retrieving user preferences from said client to said network device;

downloading network content from the Internet to said network device based on said user preferences regardless of activity of said client; and

transmitting said downloaded network content to said client if said client connects to said network content.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, further comprising the step of setting a time period according to said user preferences to perform said downloading step periodically.