Location aware, on demand, media delivery to remote devices

• US 20070177558A1
• Filed: 01/31/2006
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terrace Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Shu-Ping, Lipscomb, James, Ayachitula, Naga, Bradfield, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 7,647,037 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A method, system and computer program and method for delivering a streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter. In one embodiment, a transmitter is configured to send units of the streaming data to the remote device. A receiver is configured to receive usage data about the streaming data from the remote device. An adjusting module is configured to automatically adjust a transmission strategy of unsent units of the streaming data based, at least in part, on the usage data as a function of time according to a transmission policy. The usage data may include at least location information about the remote device or time of day information at the remote device. A user interface at the remote device may be configured to adjust the predefined transmission policy.

Claims

1. A computer implementable method for delivering a streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter, the method comprising:

sending a first portion of the streaming data to the remote device using a transmission strategy;

receiving usage data from the remote device;

adjusting the transmission strategy based, at least in part, on the usage data according to a transmission policy; and

sending a second portion of the streaming data to the remote device according to the adjusted transmission strategy.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the transmission policy from the remote device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the usage data includes at least location information about the remote device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the usage data includes at least time of day information at the remote device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the usage data includes at least signal reception quality data about the first portion of the streaming data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy includes adjusting a percentage of error-correction bits transmitted along with the streaming data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy further includes:

redistributing and adjusting an adjacency of related bits;

spreading apart the related bits; and

interleaving the streaming data with the related bits.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy includes adjusting an uninterrupted portion length of the streaming data sent to the remote device for later use.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy includes pre-buffering additional transmitters proximate the remote device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein pre-buffering the additional transmitters includes predicting a future transmitter based on a prior usage pattern of the remote device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein pre-buffering the additional transmitters includes predicting a future transmitter based on a prior usage pattern of other devices.

12. A system for delivering streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter, the system comprising:

a transmitter configured to send units of the streaming data to the remote device;

a receiver configured to receive usage data about the streaming data from the remote device; and

an adjusting module configured to automatically adjust a transmission strategy of unsent units of the streaming data based, at least in part, on the usage data as a function of time according to a transmission policy.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the transmission policy from the remote device.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the usage data includes at least location information about the remote device.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the usage data includes at least time of day information at the remote device.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the usage data includes at least signal reception quality data about a first portion of the streaming data.

17. A computer program product comprising computer program code for delivering streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

sending a first portion of the streaming data to the remote device using a transmission strategy;

receiving usage data from the remote device;

adjusting the transmission strategy based, at least in part, on the usage data according to a transmission policy; and

sending a second portion of the streaming data to the remote device according to the adjusted transmission strategy.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer executable instructions configured for receiving the transmission policy from the remote device.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the usage data includes at least location information about the remote device.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the usage data includes at least time of day information at the remote device.

21. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the usage data includes at least signal reception quality data about a first portion of the streaming data.

22. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise computer executable instructions for adjusting a percentage of error-correction bits transmitted along with the streaming data.

23. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer executable instructions configured for adjusting the transmission strategy further include computer executable instructions configured for:

redistributing and adjusting an adjacency of related bits;

spreading apart the related bits; and

interleaving the streaming data with the related bits.

24. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer executable instructions configured for adjusting the transmission strategy further comprise computer executable instructions configured for pre-buffering additional transmitters with the streaming data proximate the remote device, the additional transmitters selected, at least in part, based on a current location, a predicted location, current usage data, and historical usage data of the remote device.

25. A remote device suitable for presenting streaming data, the remote device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive the streaming data;

a characterizing unit configured to characterize a transmission strategy; and

a user interface coupled to the characterizing unit, the user interface configured to enable a user of the remote device to specify the transmission policy while the receiving unit is receiving the streaming data.

26. The remote device of claim 25, wherein the user interface is further configured to enable the user to specify a maximum number of simultaneous transmissions of the streaming data.

27. The remote device of claim 25, wherein the user interface is further configured to enable the user to enable device location monitoring for transmission quality prediction.

28. The remote device of claim 25, wherein the user interface is further configured to enable the user to enable usage time history monitoring for transmission quality prediction.