SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CONTENTS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20120023147A1
• Filed: 09/22/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Seo, In-Wook, Back, Gap-Chun, KIM, SUNG-WOO
• Application Number:
  US13/240,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20120023147A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/827
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/658 Incremental updates; Differential updates
• 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 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A system and method of providing content for a mobile communication terminal are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes i) receiving package list data for content from a mobile communication terminal, wherein the content is organized into a plurality of individual files, and wherein the package list data comprises individual ID, size and version data of each of the individual files stored in the mobile communication terminal and ii) comparing, at a content server, at least one of the sizes and individual version data of at least two files having the same individual ID that are stored in the content server and mobile communication terminal. The method may further include transmitting at least one individual file stored in the content server to the mobile communication terminal, wherein the at least one individual file has individual file data different from the corresponding file indicated in the package list data.

Claims

1. A method of providing content to a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

receiving package list data for content from a mobile communication terminal, wherein the content is organized into a plurality of individual files, and wherein the package list data comprises individual ID, size and version data of each of the individual files stored in the mobile communication terminal;

comparing, at a content server, at least one of the sizes and individual version data of at least two files having the same individual ID that are stored in the content server and mobile communication terminal; and

transmitting at least one individual file stored in the content server to the mobile communication terminal, wherein the at least one individual file has individual file data different from the corresponding file indicated in the package list data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

producing a required file list of files having different individual file data; and

transmitting the required file list to the mobile communication terminal,

wherein the required file list is configured to control a download agent program of the mobile communication terminal to check if the transmission of all required files is complete.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the individual files are sub-content files associated with the content, wherein the sub-content files are classified according to file types, and wherein the file types comprise an executable file, a dynamic library link (DLL) file and a resource file.

4. A method of providing content in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

receiving latest package list data for content from a content server, wherein the content is organized into a plurality of individual files, and wherein the latest package list data comprises individual file data for the individual files stored in the content server;

comparing, at a mobile communication terminal, the individual file data contained in the latest package list data with individual file data for the individual files stored in the mobile communication terminal; and

requesting downloading of at least one of the individual files indicated in the latest package list data from the content server, wherein the at least one individual file has individual file data different from the corresponding file stored in the mobile communication terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the comparing is performed before the requesting of the downloading.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the individual files are sub-content files associated with the content, wherein the sub-content files are classified according to file types, and wherein the file types comprise an executable file, a dynamic library link (DLL) file and a resource file.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the individual file data comprises individual ID, size and version data of each of the individual files, and wherein the comparing comprises comparing at least one of the sizes and individual version data of at least two files having the same individual ID that are stored in the content server and mobile communication terminal.

8. A method of providing content in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

receiving extension pack package list data for content from a content server, wherein the content is organized into a plurality of individual files, and wherein the extension pack package list data comprises individual file data for the individual files stored in the content server;

comparing, at a mobile communication terminal, the individual file data contained in the extension pack package list data with individual file data for individual files stored in the mobile communication terminal; and

requesting downloading of at least one of the individual files indicated in the extension pack package list data from the content server, wherein the at least one individual file has individual file data different from the corresponding file stored in the mobile communication terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the comparing is performed before the requesting of the downloading.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the individual files are sub-content files associated with the content, wherein the sub-content files are classified according to file types, and wherein the file types comprise an executable file, a dynamic library link (DLL) file and a resource file.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the individual file data comprises individual ID, size and version data of each of the individual files, and wherein the comparing comprises comparing at least one of the sizes and individual version data of at least two files having the same individual ID that are stored in the content server and mobile communication terminal.