APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BANDWIDTH SAVING AND ON-DEMAND DATA DELIVERY FOR A MOBILE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A network component adapted for reducing data bandwidth usage in wireless communication, comprising:
- an interface to a network for communicating with at least an e-mail server and to at least one mobile device, wherein the network component is in a path between the at least e-mail server and the at least one mobile device; and
a processing unit for processing a request from the at least one mobile device to the at least e-mail server and causing each e-mail message received by the network component from the at least e-mail server to be viewed by the at least one mobile device as being of a size that is above a threshold value of the at least one mobile device, thereby providing to the at least one mobile device only preview information of each received e-mail message, thereby enabling a user of the at least one mobile device to determine whether to download the each received e-mail message to the at least one mobile device.
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Abstract
A method for reducing data bandwidth usage in wireless communication comprises receiving a request from the a mobile device to provide the an e-mail message; sending a request to the an e-mail server for delivery of the e-mail message; analyzing the e-mail message delivered from the e-mail server to determine if a size of the e-mail message is above a threshold value, and if not expanding the e-mail content to be above the threshold value; acknowledging to the mobile device the existence of the e-mail message and its respective size; and delivering to the mobile device header content of the e-mail content, thereby only a small fraction of the data corresponding to the e-mail message is actually delivered to the mobile device.
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23 Claims
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1. A network component adapted for reducing data bandwidth usage in wireless communication, comprising:
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an interface to a network for communicating with at least an e-mail server and to at least one mobile device, wherein the network component is in a path between the at least e-mail server and the at least one mobile device; and a processing unit for processing a request from the at least one mobile device to the at least e-mail server and causing each e-mail message received by the network component from the at least e-mail server to be viewed by the at least one mobile device as being of a size that is above a threshold value of the at least one mobile device, thereby providing to the at least one mobile device only preview information of each received e-mail message, thereby enabling a user of the at least one mobile device to determine whether to download the each received e-mail message to the at least one mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A network component adapted for reducing data bandwidth usage in wireless communication, comprising:
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an interface to a network for communicating with at least an e-mail server and to at least one mobile device; and a processing unit for processing a request from the at least one mobile device to the at least e-mail server and causing an e-mail message received from the at least e-mail server containing an attachment that can be reduced in quality to be sent to the at least one mobile device in a reduced quality while causing the at least e-mail server to recognize the received e-mail as a candidate for any one of a smart reply and a smart forward. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for reducing data bandwidth usage in wireless communication, comprising:
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receiving a request from a mobile device to provide an e-mail message; sending a request to an e-mail server for delivery of the e-mail message; analyzing the e-mail message delivered from the e-mail server to determine if a size of the e-mail message is above a threshold value, and if not expanding the e-mail content to be above the threshold value; acknowledging to the mobile device the existence of the e-mail message and its respective size; and delivering to the mobile device header content of the e-mail content, thereby only a small fraction of the data corresponding to the e-mail message is actually delivered to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for reducing data bandwidth usage in wireless communication, comprising:
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receiving a request from a mobile device to provide an e-mail message; sending a request to an e-mail server for delivery of the e-mail message; analyzing the e-mail message delivered from the e-mail server to determine if the e-mail message includes an attachment that can be reduced in quality when sent to the mobile device; reducing the quality of the attachment; and delivering to the mobile device the reduced quality attachment. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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