Download status indicators in wireless short range devices
First Claim
1. A method for indicating the status of wireless downloads comprising:
- sensing current conditions including a plurality of receiving devices in proximity to an information source;
determining an estimated download time for each of the plurality of receiving devices based on sensed current conditions input into a predictive model;
sending a plurality of data packets between the information source and the plurality of receiving devices via short-range wireless communication, wherein a plurality of status indicators based on the estimated download time for each of the plurality of receiving devices are transmitted with the plurality of data packets.
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Abstract
The invention discloses a method of sending a download status indicator 320 depicting the status of a data transfer between a sending device and a receiving device. The invention is suitable for use with short range radio communication technologies including Bluetooth short range connection technology. In an embodiment of the invention, the invention is employed within a Bluetooth information Kiosk environment. In the embodiment, a Kiosk 100 establishes a connection 300 with a plurality of handheld devices (102,103,104) using the Object Exchange (OBEX) protocol. The download status indicator is estimated, for example, by the Kiosk 100 from models generated from usage statistics collected from previous data transfers. The download status indicator and related information is sent in an Application Parameters header 310 comprising of a plurality of triplets and is updated repeatedly in subsequent Application Parameters headers. The download status indicator is represented in picture format and takes the form of, for example, a progress bar displayed on the receiving device depicting the amount of data successfully downloaded.
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1. A method for indicating the status of wireless downloads comprising:
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sensing current conditions including a plurality of receiving devices in proximity to an information source; determining an estimated download time for each of the plurality of receiving devices based on sensed current conditions input into a predictive model; sending a plurality of data packets between the information source and the plurality of receiving devices via short-range wireless communication, wherein a plurality of status indicators based on the estimated download time for each of the plurality of receiving devices are transmitted with the plurality of data packets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17)
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9. A system for indicating the download status of wireless data transfers comprising:
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a source device for transmitting data via short-range wireless communication; a plurality of receiving devices for receiving data from the sending device; a transmitter and receiver in the source device for sensing when the plurality of receiving devices are in proximity to the source device and for establishing a short-range wireless network including the plurality of receiving devices; a collector in the source device for collecting statistical parameters including at least data transfers between the source device and the plurality of receiving devices; an analyzer in the source device for analyzing the statistical parameters for use in developing predictive models for calculating estimates for download status indicators for each of the plurality of receiving devices; and the transmitter in the source device further sending the download status indicators from the source device to each of the plurality of receiving devices for display on each of the receiving devices. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19)
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