CONTENT DOWNLOAD METHOD, RELATED DEVICE, AND SYSTEM

• US 20150189065A1
• Filed: 03/13/2015
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Yan, Wu, Wenfu, Wei, Kai
• Granted Patent: US 9,924,016 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0231 based on communication conditions dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition based on channel quality criteria H04W72/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0284 detecting congestion or overload during communication monitoring arrangements H04L43/00

Abstract

A content download method, a related device, and a system are provided. The content download method includes: receiving a download request message for content sent by a user equipment; querying a state value corresponding to a user equipment, where the state value corresponding to the user equipment includes a load value of a cell in which the user equipment is located currently and/or a current traffic charging value of the user equipment; and if the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than a preset threshold, notifying the user equipment to directly download the content from a content providing server.

Claims

1. A content download method, the method comprising:

receiving a download request message for content sent by a user equipment;

querying a state value corresponding to the user equipment, wherein the state value corresponding to the user equipment comprises a load value of a cell in which the user equipment is located currently or a current traffic charging value of the user equipment; and

if the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than a preset threshold, notifying the user equipment to download the content from a content providing server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

if the state value corresponding to the user equipment is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, notifying an offline download server to download the content from the content providing server and buffer the content.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

notifying the offline download server to push the buffered content to the user equipment, or notifying the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein before notifying the offline download server to push the buffered content to the user equipment, or notifying the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server, the method further comprises:

determining whether the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than the preset threshold, and if the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than the preset threshold, notifying the offline download server to push the buffered content to the user equipment, or notifying the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

notifying the offline download server to push the buffered content to an associated device bound to the user equipment, or notifying an associated device bound to the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

notifying a packet data network gateway to perform discounted charging on traffic of the content that is downloaded by the offline download server from the content providing server.

7. A computer storage medium, wherein:

the computer storage medium stores a program, and when the program is executed, the steps comprise;

receiving a download request message for content sent by a user equipment;

querying a state value corresponding to the user equipment, wherein the state value corresponding to the user equipment comprises a load value of a cell in which the user equipment is located currently or a current traffic charging value of the user equipment; and

if the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than a preset threshold, notifying the user equipment to directly download the content from a content providing server.

8. A download control network element, comprising:

an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor;

wherein

the processor executes the following steps;

receiving a download request message for content sent by a user equipment;

querying a state value corresponding to the user equipment, wherein the state value corresponding to the user equipment comprises a load value of a cell in which the user equipment is located currently or a current traffic charging value of the user equipment; and

if the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than a preset threshold, notifying the user equipment to directly download the content from a content providing server.

9. The download control network element according to claim 8, wherein:

the processor further executes the following step;

if the state value corresponding to the user equipment is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, notifying an offline download server to download the content from the content providing server and buffer the content.

10. The download control network element according to claim 9, wherein:

the processor further executes the following step;

notifying the offline download server to push the buffered content to the user equipment, or notifying the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server.

11. The download control network element according to claim 10, wherein:

the processor further executes the following steps;

before notifying the offline download server to push the buffered content to the user equipment, or notifying the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server, determining whether the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than the preset threshold; and

if the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than the preset threshold, notifying the offline download server to push the buffered content to the user equipment, or notifying the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server.

12. The download control network element according to claim 9, wherein

the processor further executes the following step:

notifying the offline download server to push the buffered content to an associated device bound to the user equipment, or notifying an associated device bound to the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server.

13. The download control network element according to claim 9, wherein

the processor further executes the following step:

notifying a packet data network gateway to perform discounted charging on traffic of the content that is downloaded by the offline download server from the content providing server.

14. A user equipment, comprising:

an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor, wherein the processor executes the following steps;

sending a download request message for content to a download control network element, so that the download control network element is triggered to query a state value corresponding to the user equipment, and when the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than a preset threshold, the user equipment receives from the download control network element a notification of directly downloading the content from a content providing server, wherein the state value corresponding to the user equipment comprises a load value of a cell in which the user equipment is located currently or a current traffic charging value of the user equipment; and

responding to the notification of the download control network element, and directly downloading the content from the content providing server.

15. The user equipment according to claim 14, wherein:

the processor further executes the following step;

receiving the content pushed by an offline download server, wherein when the state value corresponding to the user equipment is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, the download control network element notifies the offline download server to download the content from the content providing server and buffer the content, and notifies the offline download server to push the buffered content to the user equipment;

or

responding to a notification of the download control network element, and downloading the content from an offline download server;

wherein when the state value corresponding to the user equipment is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, the download control network element notifies the offline download server to download the content from the content providing server and buffer the content, and notifies the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server.

16. An offline download server, comprising:

an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor;

wherein

the processor executes the following steps;

responding to a first notification of a download control network element, and downloading content from a content providing server and buffering the content; and

responding to a second notification of the download control network element, and pushing the buffered content to a user equipment;

wherein

the first notification is sent by the download control network element when the download control network element queries, after receiving a download request message for the content sent by the user equipment, a state value corresponding to the user equipment, and the state value corresponding to the user equipment is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; and

the state value corresponding to the user equipment comprises a load value of a cell in which the user equipment is located currently or a current traffic charging value of the user equipment.

17. The offline download server according to claim 16, wherein:

the processor further executes the following step;

responding to a third notification of the download control network element, and pushing the buffered content to an associated device bound to the user equipment;

or

responding to a third notification of the download control network element, and notifying an associated device bound to the user equipment to download the content from the offline download server.

18. A content download system, comprising at least a user equipment and a download control network element, wherein:

the user equipment is configured to send a download request message for content to the download control network element, respond to a notification of the download control network element, and directly download the content from a content providing server; and

the download control network element is configured to receive the content download request message sent by the user equipment, and query a state value corresponding to the user equipment, wherein the state value corresponding to the user equipment comprises a load value of a cell in which the user equipment is located currently or a current traffic charging value of the user equipment; and

when the state value corresponding to the user equipment is less than a preset threshold, notify the user equipment to directly download the content from the content providing server.

19. The content download system according to claim 18, further comprising an offline download server, wherein:

the offline download server is configured to respond to a first notification of the download control network element, and download the content from the content providing server and buffer the content; and

the download control network element is further configured to;

when the state value corresponding to the user equipment is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, send the first notification to the offline download server, wherein the first notification is used to notify the offline download server to download the content from the content providing server and buffer the content.

20. The content download system according to claim 19, wherein:

the offline download server is further configured to respond to a second notification of the download control network element, and push the buffered content to the user equipment;

the download control network element is further configured to send the second notification to the offline download server, wherein the second notification is used to notify the offline download server to push the buffered content to the user equipment; and

the user equipment is further configured to receive the content pushed by the offline download server.