SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STREAMING DATA TO A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20090280784A1
• Filed: 05/08/2008
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Mousseau, Gary Phillip, Lazaridis, Mihal
• Granted Patent: US 8,565,740 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/752 adapting media to network capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Various embodiments for a system and method for providing streaming data to a device are provided herein. In one example, a method comprises receiving a request for streaming data from a mobile device, receiving settings with regards to the delivery of the streaming data to the mobile device, retrieving the streaming data from a source of the streaming data, reformatting the streaming data for the mobile device according to the settings and sending the reformatted streaming data to the mobile device in accordance with the settings.

Claims

1. A method of providing streaming data to a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a request for streaming data from the mobile device;

receiving settings with regards to the delivery of the streaming data to the mobile device;

retrieving the streaming data from a source of the streaming data;

reformatting the streaming data for the mobile device according to the settings; and

sending the reformatted streaming data to the mobile device in accordance with the settings.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the settings comprise a setting indicating that updates to the streaming data be retrieved and the step of retrieving the streaming data further comprises:

polling, at a first predetermined interval, the source of the streaming data to determine if the streaming data has been updated; and

if the streaming data has been updated, retrieving updated streaming data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first predetermined interval is set according to the settings.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the settings comprise a time range setting and the step of sending the reformatted streaming data comprises sending the reformatted streaming data to the mobile device at approximately the time range specified in the settings.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the time range setting is specified for off-peak data transmission times and/or times associated with lower billing rates.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the settings comprise a location range setting and the step of sending the reformatted streaming data comprises sending the reformatted streaming data to the mobile device when the mobile device is approximately at the location range specified in the settings.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of reformatting comprises reformatting the streaming data into a single file.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of reformatting comprises reformatting the streaming data into audio data.

9. A computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the steps of the method as claimed in claim 1.

10. A server for obtaining and providing streaming data to a mobile device, wherein the server comprises:

a communication interface being adapted to allow the server to communicate with a network;

a data store; and

a processor coupled to the communication interface and the data store to control the operation of the server,

wherein, the server is configured to retrieve the streaming data from a streaming data source based on a request for the streaming data from the mobile device, store the requested streaming data in the data store, and in accordance with settings in the request, reformat the retrieved streaming data and send the reformatted retrieved streaming data to the mobile device.

11. The server of claim 10, wherein the settings comprise a time range setting and the server is configured to send the reformatted retrieved streaming data to the mobile device at approximately the time range specified in the settings.

12. The server of claim 11, wherein the time range setting is specified for off-peak data transmission times and/or times associated with lower billing rates.

13. The server of claim 10, wherein the settings comprise a location range setting and the server is configured to send the reformatted retrieved streaming data to the mobile device when the mobile device is approximately at the location range specified in the settings.

14. The server of claim 10, wherein the server is configured to reformat the retrieved streaming data into a single file and/or reformat the retrieved streaming data into audio data.

15. A device configured to request streaming data from a server, wherein the device comprises:

a main processor configured to control the operation of the mobile communication device;

a communication subsystem connected to the main processor and configured to send and receive data;

an operating system configured to receive a request for streaming data and provide the request for streaming data to the server, wherein the request comprises settings related to reformatting the streaming data and delivering the requested streaming data to the mobile device.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the operating system includes a time range setting in the request to instruct the server to send the requested streaming data to the device at approximately the time range specified in the settings.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the time range setting is specified for off-peak data transmission times and/or times associated with lower billing rates.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the device is a mobile device and the operating system is configured to include a location range setting in the request to instruct the server to send the requested streaming data to the mobile device when the mobile device is approximately at the location range specified in the settings.

19. The device of claim 15, wherein the operating system is configured to instruct the server to reformat the streaming data into a single file.

20. The device of claim 15, wherein the operating system is configured to instruct the server to reformat the streaming data into audio data.