SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID WIRELESS CONTENT DELIVERY

• US 20140092730A1
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Liuyang Lily
• Granted Patent: US 9,119,087 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0226 based on location or mobility handoff or reselection H04W36/00; mobile application services making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A method comprising transmitting a request, by a mobile device, indicating one or more content items; determining a location for the mobile device, by a processor; establishing a connection with a transmission medium, based at least in part on the indicated one or more content items, if the indicated one or more content items is not on the mobile device, wherein the transmission medium includes a digital radio tower, a long range radio tower and a wireless access point; and activating the indicated one or more content items, if the indicated one or more content items is on the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server having at least one processor, a request from a mobile device, wherein the request indicates one or more content items;

determining, by the server, a location of the mobile device;

identifying, by the server, a transmission medium based at least in part on the indicated one or more content items, wherein the transmission medium includes at least one of a digital radio tower, a digital television, a long-range radio tower, or a wireless access point; and

activating, by the server, the indicated one or more content items on the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining values representing at least in part one or more preferences for the indicated one or more content items;

identifying the transmission medium based on the determined values and the location; and

receiving, a transmission indicating the determined transmission medium.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving, from the mobile device, one or more preferences further includes receiving a predicted battery usage for the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving, from the mobile device, one or more preferences further includes a current connectivity state by the mobile device for the transmission medium.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting a configuration identifying a frequency associated with the at least one digital radio tower, to the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising a predefined time interval associated with the configuration, wherein the predetermined time intervals indicates a time in which the one or more content items is broadcasted.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting a configuration identifying a long-rage radio tower frequency, based at least in part on the location of the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting a configuration to identify a cache server associated with the indicated one or more content items

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining if the mobile device is authorized to consume the indicated one or more content items; and

selecting an activation mode for the indicated one or more content items if the mobile device is authorized to consume the indicated one or more content items

10. A mobile device comprising:

at least one processor,

a memory comprising computer executable instructions, when executed by the least one processor, enables the at least one processor to implement a method comprising;

transmit one or more signals associated with a request, wherein the request identifies one or more content items, and includes location information for the mobile device and an indication of whether the one or more content items are stored on the mobile device;

if the indicated one or more content items are not located on the mobile device, then receiving a first signal indicating a medium over which the one or more content may be received, based at least in pan on the indicated one or more content items and the location of the mobile device; and

if the indicated one or more content items are located on the mobile device, transmitting a second signal for activating the one or more content items.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the selected one of the plurality of transmission mediums further includes at least one digital radio tower.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to connect to at least one long-range wireless radio tower.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to connect to at least one wireless access point radio tower.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to connect to a digital broadcast radio, to receive the indicated content item based on a predefined time interval.

15. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, that when executed by a machine, cause the computer processor to:

receive, by a server having at least one processor, a request from a mobile device, wherein the request indicates one or more content items;

determine, by the server, a location of the mobile device;

determine if the indicated one or more content items are located on the mobile device;

if the indicated one or more content items are not located on the mobile device, then transmitting a first signal to the mobile device indicating a medium over which the one or more content may be received, based at least in part on the indicated one or more content items and the location of the mobile device; and

if the indicated one or more content items are located on the mobile device, transmitting a second signal for activating the one or more content items.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 having stored thereon instructions, that when executed by the machine, cause the machine to:

determine values for the one or more content items wherein the values are indicative of a user-selected preference and a physical location for a user; and

select the transmission medium based on the values.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 having stored thereon instructions, that when executed by the machine, cause the machine to identify a digital radio tower as the transmission medium.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 having stored thereon instructions, such that, when executed by the machine, cause the machine to receive, from a user, a plurality of preferences.

19. A method for transmitting data comprising:

receiving, by a digital radio system comprising at least one processor, content items, wherein the digital radio system is associated with a predefined service area, and wherein the content items are based, at least in part, on requests received from user devices associated with the predefined service area; and

transmitting, by the digital radio system, the content items on a predetermined repeating basis.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the predefined criteria is further based at least in part on a location of the digital radio system.

21. The method of claim 19 further based at least in part on a predefined number of users indicating a preference.

22. The method of claim 19 wherein receiving, by the digital radio system, the data stream from the server further includes:

establishing a connection to the server, by the digital radio stream, at regular intervals to retrieve a new data stream.

23. A method for transmitting data comprising:

receiving, by a server having at least one processor, a plurality of requests by one or more user devices indicating a preference for one of a plurality of data streams; and

determining, by the server, a transmission medium for each of the plurality of data streams, wherein the transmission medium for each of the plurality of data streams is based at least in part on the plurality of requests.

24. The method of claim 23 further including:

determining, by the server, a plurality of locations for each of the plurality of requests; and

determining, by the server, the transmission medium for the plurality of data streams, based at least in part on the plurality of locations.

25. The method of claim 23 further comprising transmitting each of the plurality of data streams to a digital broadcast radio.

26. The method of claim 23 further comprising transmitting each of the plurality of data streams to a second server based at least in part on a physical location of the second data server.

27. The method of claim 23 further comprising transmitting each of the plurality of data streams to a wireless broadcast radio system.