Method and System for Facilitating Remote Downloading

• US 20120066347A1
• Filed: 09/14/2010
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Zhu, Chenxi, Chen, Wei-Peng, Naito, Takao
• Granted Patent: US 8,719,380 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

A method for facilitating remote downloading includes receiving, at a home media gateway associated with at least a first endpoint, a remote download request generated by a web browser running on the first endpoint. The remote download request is relayed to the home media gateway via at least one component of a wireless service provider'"'"'s network. The wireless service provider provides user authentication for the remote download request. The remote download request includes an address associated with at least one file hosted by a remote server. The method also includes downloading the at least one file from the remote server to the home media gateway. The method further includes, upon detecting a presence of the first endpoint, uploading the at least one file from the home media gateway to the endpoint.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating remote downloading, comprising:

receiving, at a home media gateway associated with at least a first endpoint, a remote download request generated by a web browser running on the first endpoint and relayed to the home media gateway via at least one component of a wireless service provider'"'"'s network, the wireless service provider providing user authentication for the remote download request, the remote download request comprising an address associated with at least one file hosted by a remote server;

downloading the at least one file from the remote server to the home media gateway;

upon detecting a presence of the first endpoint, uploading the at least one file from the home media gateway to the endpoint.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, upon completing the downloading of the at least one file, sending a message to the endpoint indicating that the home media gateway has completed downloading the at least one file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the remote download request is received from the first endpoint while the first endpoint is away from a home location and using a wireless connection; and

the at least one file is downloaded at the home location via a network access connection associated with a user of the first endpoint, the network access connection different than the wireless connection.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote download request comprises security credentials associated with the remote server.

5. A method for facilitating remote downloading, comprising:

receiving a request to download at least one file from a remote server;

generating from a web browser a remote download request comprising an address associated with the at least one file;

transmitting the remote download request to a home media gateway via at least one component of a wireless service provider'"'"'s network, the wireless service provider providing the user authentication for the remote download request; and

downloading the at least one file from the home media gateway.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the remote download request further comprises security credentials.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining that a time to download the at least one file exceeds a first threshold.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein downloading the at least one file comprises downloading the at least one file from the home media gateway at a scheduled time.

9. A system for facilitating remote downloading, comprising:

an interface configured to;

receive, at a home media gateway associated with at least a first endpoint, a remote download request generated by a web browser running on the first endpoint and relayed to the home media gateway via at least one component of a wireless service provider'"'"'s network, the wireless service provider providing user authentication for the remote download request, the remote download request comprising an address associated with at least one file hosted by a remote server; and

download the at least one file from the remote server to the home media gateway; and

a processor configured to detect a presence of the first endpoint, wherein upon detecting the presence of the first endpoint, the interface is further configured to upload the at least one file from the home media gateway to the endpoint.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein, upon completing the downloading of the at least one file, the interface is further configured to send a message to the endpoint indicating that the home media gateway has completed downloading the at least one file.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein:

the remote download request is received from the first endpoint while the first endpoint is away from a home location and using a wireless connection; and

the at least one file is downloaded at the home location via a network access connection associated with a user of the first endpoint, the network access connection different than the wireless connection.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the remote download request comprises security credentials.

13. A system for facilitating remote downloading, comprising:

an interface configured to receive a request to download at least one file from a remote server; and

a processor configured to generate from a web browser a remote download request comprising an address associated with the at least one file;

the interface further configured to;

transmit the remote download request to a home media gateway via at least one component of a wireless service provider'"'"'s network, the wireless service provider providing the user authentication for the remote download request; and

download the at least one file from the home media gateway.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the remote download request further comprises security credentials.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor if further configured to determine that a time to download the at least one file exceeds a first threshold.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the interface configured to download the at least one file is further configured to download the at least one file from the home media gateway at a scheduled time.

17. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that when executed by a processor is operable to:

receive, at a home media gateway associated with at least a first endpoint, a remote download request generated by a web browser running on the first endpoint and relayed to the home media gateway via at least one component of a wireless service provider'"'"'s network, the wireless service provider providing user authentication for the remote download request, the remote download request comprising an address associated with at least one file hosted by a remote server;

download the at least one file from the remote server to the home media gateway;

upon detecting a presence of the first endpoint, upload the at least one file from the home media gateway to the endpoint.

18. The media of claim 17, wherein, upon completing the downloading of the at least one file, the software, when executed by the processor, is further operable to send a message to the endpoint indicating that the home media gateway has completed downloading the at least one file.

19. The media of claim 17, wherein:

the remote download request is received from the first endpoint while the first endpoint is away from a home location and using a wireless connection; and

the at least one file is downloaded at the home location via a network access connection associated with a user of the first endpoint, the network access connection different than the wireless connection.

20. The media of claim 17, wherein the remote download request comprises security credentials.

21. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that when executed by a processor is operable to:

receive a request to download at least one file from a remote server;

generate from a web browser a remote download request comprising an address associated with the at least one file;

transmit the remote download request to a home media gateway via at least one component of a wireless service provider'"'"'s network, the wireless service provider providing the user authentication for the remote download request; and

download the at least one file from the home media gateway.

22. The media of claim 21, wherein the remote download request further comprises security credentials.

23. The media of claim 21, wherein the software, when executed by a processor, is further operable to determine that a time to download the at least one file exceeds a first threshold.

24. The media of claim 21, wherein the software, when executed by the processor, is further operable to download the at least one file comprises downloading the at least one file from the home media gateway at a scheduled time.