Mobile phone comprising a streaming server with activation means for activating downloading of a file for streaming thereof

• US 20120064879A1
• Filed: 07/27/2011
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Myriad Group AG
• Original Assignee: Myriad Group AG
• Inventors: Panei, Fabien
• Granted Patent: US 8,532,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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]

Abstract

The mobile phone (12) comprises comprises a first buffer memory (32), a downloading means (52) for downloading a data file from a web server (24) in the first buffer memory (32), the file being accessible at a web address on the web server (24), the downloading means (52) being connected to the first buffer memory (32), and a streaming server (18) for streaming data to a remote client equipment (14) according to a predetermined network protocol, the streaming server (18) being connected to the first buffer memory (32).

The streaming server (18) is adapted to be connected to the remote client equipment (14) via a data link (16) and is adapted to receive, from the remote client equipment (14), a data streaming request.

The streaming server (18) includes an activation means (44) for activating the download means (52), said activation means (44) being adapted to activate the downloading of said data file.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A mobile phone comprising:

a first buffer memory;

a downloader for downloading a data file from a web server into the first buffer memory, the data file being accessible at a web address on the web server, the downloader being connected to the first buffer memory; and

a streaming server for streaming data to a remote client equipment according to a predetermined network protocol, the streaming server being connected to the first buffer memory, the streaming server being adapted to be connected to the remote client equipment via a data link and to receive, from the remote client equipment, a data streaming request,

the streaming server including an activater for activating the downloader, the activater being adapted to activate the downloading of the data file.

15. The mobile phone as recited in claim 14 wherein the data file includes a plurality of data blocks, and the downloader is adapted to download, block by block, the file into the first buffer memory, the streaming server being adapted to send to the remote client equipment at least one data block from the first buffer memory, in the absence of downloading all of the data blocks of the data file.

16. The mobile phone as recited in claim 15 wherein the streaming server includes a transmitter according to the predetermined network protocol and a controller for the transmitter, the controller being adapted to send the transmitter a control signal for the transmission to the remote client equipment of each of the downloaded blocks, before reception of a respective next downloaded block.

17. The mobile phone as recited in claim 14 further comprising:

a converter for converting data from a first format to a second format, the data file downloaded from the web server being in the first format, the converter being connected to an output of the first buffer memory; and

a second buffer memory connected to an output of the converter and adapted to store the data converted into the second format,

the streaming server including a controller for controlling the converter, adapted to send a control signal for conversion of the data file.

18. The mobile phone as recited in claim 17 wherein the converter is adapted to convert the data file block by block, and the streaming server is connected to the second buffer memory, and is adapted to send the remote client equipment at least one converted block from the second buffer memory, in the absence of the conversion of all of the data blocks of the data file.

19. The mobile phone as recited in claim 17 wherein the converter comprises a transcoder, the first and second formats including image, or audio and/or video attributes, and the image, or audio and/or video attributes of the second format being different from those of the first format.

20. The mobile phone as recited in claim 17 wherein the converter comprises a decrypter, the first format corresponding to the data in encrypted form.

21. The mobile phone as recited in claim 17 wherein the converter comprises an encrypter, the second format corresponding to the data in encrypted form.

22. The mobile phone as recited in claim 14 further comprising a receiver for receiving an instantaneous message from a selective message distribution system, the instantaneous message containing the web address of the file on the web server.

23. The mobile phone as recited in claim 14 further comprising a subscriber for subscribing to an RSS feed, the RSS feed corresponding to the web address of the web server.

24. A local data communication network comprising:

a mobile phone; and

a remote client equipment connected to the mobile phone via a data link, the mobile phone and the remote client equipment being adapted to communicate using a predetermined network protocol, the mobile phone as recited in claim 14.

25. A method implemented by a mobile phone comprising a buffer memory, a downloader for downloading data from a web server, the downloader being connected to the buffer memory, a streaming server for streaming data to a remote client equipment according to a predetermined network protocol, the streaming server being adapted to be connected to the remote client equipment via a data link and to receive, from the remote client equipment, a data streaming request,

the method comprising:

transmitting, by the streaming server, an activation signal to the downloader; and

downloading, by the downloader, a data file in the buffer memory, upon receipt of the activation signal.

26. A computer program product comprising instructions that, when implemented by a computer incorporated into a mobile phone, implements the method as recited in claim 25.