SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEMPORARY MEDIA FILE STORAGE ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20080039058A1
• Filed: 01/25/2007
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Ray, Rajarshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,284,714 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.3
• 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 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/14 using intermediate storage
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Methods, devices, computer program products, processors and wireless networks are presented that provide for temporary storage of media content on a wireless communication device. According to aspects, when a wireless communication device requests media content from a media content service but is unable to receive the media due to insufficient memory availability, insufficient wireless network signal strength or another delivery attribute, the media content service automatically re-directs delivery of the content to the associated temporary storage wireless communication device. In turn, the wireless device that requested the media content is able to automatically retrieve the media content from the temporary storage device when memory capacity or network signal strength is deemed sufficient to provide for storage or reception.

Claims

1. A method for temporary storage of a media content file on a wireless communication device, comprising:

requesting, at a first wireless communication device, wireless communication of a media content file from a media content service; and

directing the media content service to communicate the media content file to a second wireless communication device for temporary storage and subsequent retrieval by the first wireless communication device based on current insufficiency of at least one delivery attribute.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one delivery attribute is further defined as available memory amount at the first wireless communication device

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining that media content file size exceeds the available memory amount at the first wireless communication device.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

monitoring, at the first wireless communication device, the available memory amount; and

requesting the second wireless communication device to communicate the media content file to the first wireless communication device when the available first wireless communication device memory equals or exceeds media content file size.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein requesting the second wireless communication device to communicate the media content file further comprises requesting, via peer-to-peer wireless communication, the second wireless communication device to communicate the media content file.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving, at the first wireless communication device, the media content file from the second wireless communication device based on the requesting of the second wireless communication device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein receiving, at the first wireless communication device, the media content file from the second wireless communication further comprises receiving, via peer-to-peer wireless communication, the media content file from the second wireless communication.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing the media content file on the first wireless communication device.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising requesting, continually, the second communication device to communicate the media file to the wireless communication device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein requesting, continually, the second communication device to communicate the media file to the wireless communication device further comprises requesting, continually, via peer-to-peer wireless communication, the second communication device to communicate the media file to the wireless communication device.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving, at the first wireless device, the media content file from the second wireless device when the available memory amount is equal to or exceeds media content file size.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving, at the first wireless device, the media content file from the second wireless device further comprises receiving, at the first wireless device, via peer-to-peer wireless communication, the media content file from the second wireless device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one delivery attribute is further defined as wireless network signal strength.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining that wireless network signal strength is insufficient to provide for wireless communication of media content file from the media content service to the first wireless communication device.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

monitoring, at the first wireless communication device, the received signal strength power; and

requesting the second wireless communication device to communicate the media content file to the first wireless communication device when received signal strength power is exceeds a predetermined threshold to provide for wireless delivery of the media content file from the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein requesting the second wireless communication device to communicate the media content file to the first wireless communication device further comprise requesting, via peer-to-peer wireless communication, the second wireless communication device to communicate the media content file to the first wireless communication device.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving, at the first wireless communication device, the media content file from the second wireless communication device based on the requesting of the second wireless communication device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving, at the first wireless communication device, the media content file from the second wireless communication device further comprises receiving, via peer-to-peer communication, at the first wireless communication device, the media content file from the second wireless communication device.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising storing the media content file on the first wireless communication device.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising requesting, continually, the second communication device to communicate the media content file to the wireless communication device.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein requesting, continually, the second communication device to communicate the media content file further comprises requesting, continually, via peer-to-peer wireless communication, the second communication device to communicate the media content file.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising receiving, at the first wireless device, the media content file from the second wireless device when the wireless network signal strength is sufficient to provide for wireless delivery of the media content file from the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein receiving, at the first wireless device, the media content file from the second wireless device further comprises receiving, at the first wireless device, via peer-to-peer wireless communication, the media content file from the second wireless device.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein directing the media content service to communicate the media content file to a second wireless communication device further comprises identifying the second wireless communication device in the request for wireless communication of the media content file.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein directing the media content service to communicate the media content file to a second wireless communication device further comprises providing the media content service with second wireless communication device identification that is stored in a first wireless communication device user file.

26. At least one processor configured to perform the actions of:

requesting, at a first wireless communication device, wireless communication of a media content file from a media content service; and

directing the media content service to communicate the media content file to a second wireless communication device for temporary storage and subsequent retrieval by the first wireless communication device based on current insufficiency of at least one delivery attribute.

27. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium comprising;

a first set of codes for causing a computer at a first wireless communication device to request a wireless communication of a media content file from a media content service; and

a second set of codes for causing the computer to direct the media content service to communicate the media content file to a second wireless communication device for temporary storage and subsequent retrieval by the first wireless communication device based on current insufficiency of at least one delivery attribute.

28. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a computer platform including a processor and a memory; and

a media content module stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the media content module is operable to generate and wirelessly transmit a service content request to a media content service, the service content request operable to request delivery of a predetermined media content file, direct the media content service to communicate the media content file to a second wireless communication device based on current insufficiency of at least one delivery attribute and retrieve media content file from the second wireless communication device based on subsequent sufficiency of the at least one delivery attribute.

29. The wireless communication device of claim 28, wherein the at least one delivery attribute is chosen from the group consisting of available memory amount and wireless network signal strength.

30. The wireless communication device of claim 29, wherein the at least one delivery attribute is defined as available memory amount at the wireless communication device and wherein the media content module is operable to determine if the available memory amount is less than the predetermined media content file size.

31. The wireless communication device of claim 29, wherein the at least one delivery attribute is defined as wireless network strength and wherein the media content module is operable to determine if the wireless network signal strength meets a predetermined delivery threshold signal strength.

32. The wireless communication device of claim 28, wherein the media content module is further operable for assessing the at least one delivery attribute.

33. The wireless communication device of claim 28, wherein the service content request further comprises at least one current delivery attribute associated with the wireless communication device.

34. The wireless communication device of claim 28, wherein the service content request further comprises an alternate delivery destination comprising a second wireless communication device identifier, wherein the alternate delivery destination is operable to direct delivery of the predetermined media content file to a second wireless communication device corresponding to the second wireless communication device identifier based on insufficiency of at least one delivery attribute.

35. The wireless communication device of claim 28, wherein the media content module is further operable to generate and wirelessly transmit an alternate delivery destination request to the media content service, wherein the alternate delivery destination request comprises a second wireless communication device identifier, and wherein the alternate delivery destination request is operable to direct delivery of the predetermined media content file to a second wireless communication device corresponding to the second wireless communication device identifier based on insufficiency of at least one delivery attribute.

36. The wireless communication device of claim 28, wherein the media content module is further operable for monitoring the at least one delivery attribute after the media content service has been directed to communicate the media content file to a second wireless communication device based.

37. The wireless communication device of claim 28, further comprising a peer-to-peer communication module operable to retrieve the media content file from the second wireless communication device.

38. The wireless communication device of claim 37, wherein the peer-to-peer communication module is operable to request the second wireless communication device to communicate the media content file to the first wireless communication device when the previous insufficient delivery attributed is determined to be sufficient.

39. The wireless communication device of claim 37, wherein the peer-to-peer communication module is operable to request, continually, the second communication device to communicate the media file to the wireless communication device once the second wireless device has received the media content file.

40. A wireless communication device, comprising:

means for requesting, at a first wireless communication device, wireless communication of a media content file from a media content service; and

means for directing the media content service to communicate the media content file to a second wireless communication device for temporary storage and subsequent retrieval by the first wireless communication device based on current insufficiency of at least one delivery attribute

41. A method for temporary storage of a media content file, the method comprising:

receiving, at a first wireless communication device, a media content file, delivered from a media content service, wherein receipt of the media content file by the first wireless communication device is based on an insufficient delivery attribute associated with a media content request generated by a second wireless communication device;

storing the media content file at the first wireless communication device; and

communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication in response to a prompt from the second wireless device.

42. The method of claim 41 wherein the delivery attribute is chosen from the group consisting of available memory amount at the second wireless communication device and wireless network signal strength at the second wireless communication device.

43. The method of claim 41, wherein communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device further comprises communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device, repeatedly, in response to continuous prompts from the second wireless device until the communication is successfully received at the second wireless communication device.

44. The method of claim 41, wherein communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device further comprises communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication in response to a prompt from the second wireless device, wherein the prompt is based on sufficiency of one or more delivery attributes at the second wireless communication device.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the prompt is based on sufficiency of one or more delivery attributes at the second wireless communication device further defines sufficiency of one more delivery attributes at the second wireless communication device as at least one of sufficient available memory amount and sufficient wireless network signal strength.

46. The method of claim 41, wherein communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device further comprises communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device via peer-to-peer wireless communication.

47. The method of claim 41, further comprising communicating a storage size of the media content file to the second wireless communication device prior to communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device.

48. The method of claim 41, further comprising identifying the first wireless communication device as a temporary storage device for the second wireless communication device based on a first wireless communication device identifier stored in a second wireless device profile at the media content service.

49. The method of claim 41, further comprising identifying the first wireless communication device as a temporary storage device for the second wireless communication device based on a first wireless communication device identifier included within the media content request sent from the second wireless communication device to the media content service.

50. At least one processor configured to perform the actions of:

receiving, at a first wireless communication device, a media content file, delivered from a media content service, wherein receipt of the media content file by the first wireless communication device is based on an insufficient delivery attribute associated with a media content request generated by a second wireless communication device;

storing the media content file at the first wireless communication device; and

communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication in response to a prompt from the second wireless device.

51. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium comprising;

a first set of codes for causing a computer at a first wireless communication device to receive a media content file delivered from a media content service, wherein receipt of the media content file by the first wireless communication device is based on an insufficient delivery attribute associated with a media content request generated by a second wireless communication device;

a second set of codes for causing the computer to store the media content file at the first wireless communication device; and

a third set of codes for causing the computer to communicate the media content file to the second wireless communication in response to a prompt from the second wireless device.

52. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a computer platform including a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is operable to store a media content file, which has been delivered from a media content service based on an insufficient delivery attribute associated with a media content request generated by a second wireless communication device; and

a communications module executable by the processor and operable to communicate the media file to the secondary wireless communication device in response to a prompt from the second wireless device.

53. The wireless communication device of claim 52, wherein the delivery attribute is chosen from the group consisting of available memory amount at the second wireless communication device and wireless network signal strength at the second wireless communication device.

54. The wireless communication device of claim 52, wherein the communication module is further operable to communicate the media content file to the second wireless communication device, repeatedly, in response to continuous prompts from the second wireless device until the communication is successfully received at the second wireless communication device.

55. The wireless communication device of claim 52, wherein the communication module is further operable to communicate the media content file to the second wireless communication in response to a prompt from the second wireless device, wherein the prompt is based on sufficiency of one or more delivery attributes at the second wireless communication device.

56. The wireless communication device of claim 55, wherein sufficiency of one or more delivery attributes is further defined as at least one of sufficient available memory amount and sufficient wireless network signal strength.

57. The wireless communications device of claim 52, wherein the communications module is further defined as a peer-to-peer wireless communications module.

58. The wireless communications device of claim 52, wherein the communications module is further operable to communicate a storage size of the media content file to the second wireless communication device prior to communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device.

59. A wireless communication device, comprising:

means for receiving, at a first wireless communication device, a media content file, delivered from a media content service, wherein receipt of the media content file by the first wireless communication device is based on an insufficient delivery attribute associated with media content request generated by a second wireless communication device;

means for storing the media content file at the first wireless communication device; and

means for communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication in response to a prompt from the second wireless device.

60. A method for temporary media content storage, comprising:

receiving a media service request for media content file from a first wireless communication device;

determining that the first wireless communication device is unable to currently receive delivery due to an insufficient delivery attribute;

identifying a second wireless communication device as a temporary storage device for the first wireless communication device; and

communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device.

61. The method of claim 60, wherein determining that the first wireless communication device is unable to currently receive delivery due to an insufficient delivery attribute further defines the delivery attribute as chosen from the group consisting of available memory amount at the first wireless communication device and wireless network signal strength at the first wireless communication device.

62. The method of claim 60, wherein determining that the first wireless communication device is unable to currently receive delivery due to an insufficient delivery attribute further comprises acknowledging receipt of one or more error messages received from the first wireless communication device in response to sending the media content file to the first wireless communication device.

63. The method of claim 60, wherein determining that the first wireless communication device is unable to currently receive delivery due to an insufficient delivery attribute further comprises communicating a storage size of the media content file to the first wireless communication device and receiving a delivery redirect message from the first wireless communication device.

64. The method of claim 60, wherein identifying a second wireless communication device as a temporary storage device for the first wireless communication device further comprises identifying in the media service request a second wireless device identifier associated with the second wireless device.

65. The method of claim 60, wherein identifying a second wireless communication device as a temporary storage device for the first wireless communication device further comprises accessing a first wireless communication device profile that includes a second wireless device identifier associated with the second wireless device.

66. At least one processor configured to perform the actions of:

receiving a media service request for media content file from a first wireless communication device;

determining that the first wireless communication device is unable to currently receive delivery due to an insufficient delivery attribute;

identifying a second wireless communication device as a temporary storage device for the first wireless communication device; and

communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device.

67. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium comprising;

a first set of codes for causing a computer to receive a media service request for media content file from a first wireless communication device;

a second set of codes for causing the computer to determine that the first wireless communication device is unable to currently receive delivery due to an insufficient delivery attribute;

a third set of codes for causing the computer to identify a second wireless communication device as a temporary storage device for the first wireless communication device; and

a fourth set of codes for causing the computer to communicate the media content file to the second wireless communication device.

68. A network device, comprising:

a computer platform including a processor and a memory; and

a media content delivery service module stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the media content delivery module is operable to receive a media service request for a media content file from a first wireless communication device, determine that the first wireless communication device is unable to currently receive delivery due to an insufficient delivery attribute, identify a second wireless communication device as a temporary storage device for the first wireless communication device and communicate the media content file to the second wireless communication device.

69. The network device of claim 68, wherein the media content delivery service module that is operable to determine that the first wireless communication device is unable to currently receive delivery due to an insufficient delivery attribute further defines the delivery attribute as chosen from the group consisting of available memory amount at the first wireless communication device and wireless network signal strength at the first wireless communication device.

70. The network device of claim 68, wherein the media content delivery service module is further operable to acknowledge receipt error messages received from the first wireless communication device in response to sending the media content file to the first wireless communication device.

71. The network device of claim 68, wherein the media content delivery service module is further operable to communicate a storage size of the media content file to the first wireless communication device and receive a delivery redirect message from the first wireless communication device.

72. The network device of claim 68, wherein the media content delivery service module is further operable to identify in the media service request a second wireless device identifier associated with the second wireless device.

73. The network device of claim 68, wherein media content delivery service module is further operable to access a first wireless communication device profile that includes a second wireless device identifier associated with the second wireless device.

74. A network device, comprising:

means for receiving a media service request for media content file from a first wireless communication device;

means for determining that the first wireless communication device is unable to currently receive delivery due to an insufficient delivery attribute;

means for identifying a second wireless communication device as a temporary storage device for the first wireless communication device; and

means for communicating the media content file to the second wireless communication device.