Method and apparatus for uploading content over wireless networks

• US 20100151851A1
• Filed: 12/12/2008
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Bhuyan, Arupjyoti, Henri Clarisse, Olivier Bernard, Bhatia, Randeep S., Narlikar, Girija J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,042,880 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/425
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/06 Testing, supervising or monitoring using simulated traffic

Abstract

Method and apparatus for uploading content from a user terminal in response to a request triggered at the user terminal to upload content is provided. An exemplary method includes initiating a test call at the user terminal to a wireless network in response to an indication to upload content from the user terminal, obtaining user-channel information for the test call and network-level state information for the user terminal during the test call, determining whether a user-channel condition and a network-level condition are satisfied based on the user-channel information and network-level state information respectively, and uploading the content to the wireless network in response to the user-channel condition and the network-level condition being satisfied. The user terminal obtains at the user terminal user-level state information and triggers the indication to upload content from the user terminal if the user-level condition is determined to be satisfied.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically uploading content from a user terminal in response to a request triggered at the user terminal to upload content from the user terminal, the method comprising:

initiating a test call at the user terminal to a wireless network in response to an indication to upload content from the user terminal;

obtaining user-channel information for the test call and network-level state information for the user terminal during the test call;

determining whether a user-channel condition is satisfied based on the user-channel information;

determining whether a network-level condition is satisfied based on the network-level state information;

uploading the content to the wireless network in response to the user-channel condition and the network-level condition being satisfied.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

obtaining at the user terminal user-level state information for the user terminal;

determining whether a user-level condition is satisfied based on the user-level state information; and

triggering the indication to upload content from the user terminal if the user-level condition is determined to be satisfied.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining whether the user-level condition is satisfied comprises at least one of:

determining whether a user terminal power state condition is satisfied;

determining whether a user terminal battery condition is satisfied;

determining whether a user time-of-day condition is satisfied;

determining whether a user terminal location condition is satisfied;

determining whether a user terminal memory condition is satisfied; and

determining whether a user terminal capability condition is satisfied.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the user-level state information comprises at least one of a user terminal power state, a user terminal battery power status, a user terminal time-of-day status, a user terminal location status, a user terminal memory status, a user terminal capability status, and user subscription information for the user terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-channel information comprises a user channel quality for the test call.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the user-channel condition is satisfied comprises:

determining whether a user channel quality condition is satisfied by the test call.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining user-channel information for the test call and network-level state information for the user terminal during the test call comprises:

receiving network-level state information at the user terminal from the wireless network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the network-level state information comprises at least one of:

status information associated with a server to which the content is to be uploaded;

status information associated with a second user terminal to which the content is to be uploaded; and

cell utilization information for a cellular region associated with the user terminal during the test call.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the network-level condition is satisfied comprises at least one of:

determining whether a condition of a server to which the content is to be uploaded is satisfied;

determining whether a condition of a second user terminal to which the content is to be uploaded is satisfied; and

determining whether a cell utilization condition is satisfied.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

suspending the step of uploading the content to the wireless network in response to a determination that one of a user-level condition, the user-channel condition and the network-level condition is no longer satisfied.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

resuming the step of uploading the content to the wireless network in response to a determination that the one of the user-channel condition and the network-level condition that was no longer satisfied is re-satisfied.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the user-channel condition and the network-level condition not being satisfied, waiting a predetermined period of time before re-performing the steps of claim 1.

13. A user terminal for dynamically uploading content in response to a user request triggered at the user terminal to upload content from the user terminal, the user terminal comprising:

a first module for initiating a test call to a wireless network in response to an indication to upload content from the user terminal;

a second module for obtaining user-channel information for the test call and network-level state information for the user terminal during the test call;

a third module for determining whether a user-channel condition is satisfied based on the user-channel information;

a fourth module for determining whether a network-level condition is satisfied based on the network-level state information;

a fifth module for uploading the content to the wireless network in response to the user-channel condition and the network-level condition being satisfied.

14. The user terminal of claim 13 further comprising:

a sixth module for triggering the indication to upload content if, based on user-level state information, a user-level condition is satisfied.

15. The user terminal of claim 14, wherein the sixth module is adapted to waiting a predetermined period of time if the user-level condition is not satisfied before rechecking the user-level state information against the user-level condition.

16. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the user-level state information comprises at least one of a user terminal power state, a user terminal battery power status, a user terminal time-of-day status, a user terminal location status, a user terminal memory status, a user terminal capability status, and user subscription information for the user terminal.

17. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the user-channel information comprises a user channel quality for the test call.

18. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the network-level state information comprises at least one of server information associated with a server to which the content is to be uploaded, status information associated with a second user terminal to which the content is to be uploaded and cell utilization information for a cellular region associated with the user terminal during the test call.

19. The user terminal of claim 13 wherein the fifth module is adapted to suspend upload of the content to the wireless network in response to a determination that one of a user-level condition, the user-channel condition and the network-level condition is no longer satisfied.

20. The user terminal of claim 13 wherein the fifth module is further adapted to resume the upload of the content to the wireless network in response to a determination that the one of the user-channel condition and the network-level condition that was no longer satisfied is re-satisfied.