Location aware, on demand, media delivery to remote devices

• US 7,647,037 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2006
• Issued: 01/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terrace Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lipscomb, James S., Bradfield, Andrew J., Ayachitula, Naga A., Chang, Shu-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOLLIDAY, JAIME MICHELE
• Application Number:
  US11/344,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20070177558A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,442 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A method, system and computer program and method for delivering a streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter. In one embodiment, a transmitter is configured to send units of the streaming data to the remote device. A receiver is configured to receive usage data about the streaming data from the remote device. An adjusting module is configured to automatically adjust a transmission strategy of unsent units of the streaming data based, at least in part, on the usage data as a function of time according to a transmission policy. The usage data may include at least location information about the remote device or time of day information at the remote device. A user interface at the remote device may be configured to adjust the predefined transmission policy.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising computer program code for delivering streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

receiving a transmission policy from the remote device;

sending a first portion of the streaming data to the remote device using a transmission strategy;

receiving usage data from the remote device, wherein the usage data includes at least location information, time of day information about the remote device, and signal reception quality data about the first portion;

adjusting the transmission strategy based, at least in part, on the usage data according to a transmission policy, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy includes adjusting a percentage of error-correction bits transmitted along with the streaming data, redistributing and adjusting an adjacency of related bits, spreading apart the related bits, interleaving the streaming data with the related bits, adjusting an uninterrupted portion length of the streaming data sent to the remote device for later use, and pre-buffering additional transmitters proximate the remote device, the additional transmitters selected, at least in part, based on a current location, a predicted location, current usage data, and historical usage data of the remote device; and

sending a second portion of the streaming data to the remote device according to the adjusted transmission strategy.

2. A computer implementable method for delivering streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter, the method comprising:

sending a first portion of the streaming data to the remote device using a transmission strategy;

receiving usage data from the remote device, wherein the usage data includes signal reception quality data about the first portion;

adjusting the transmission strategy based, at least in part, on the usage data according to a transmission policy and includes pre-buffering additional transmitters proximate the remote device, wherein said pre-buffering the additional transmitters includes predicting a future transmitter based on a prior usage pattern of the remote device; and

sending a second portion of the streaming data to the remote device according to the adjusted transmission strategy.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving the transmission policy from the remote device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the usage data includes at least location information about the remote device.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the usage data includes at least time of day information at the remote device.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy includes adjusting a percentage of error-correction bits transmitted along with the streaming data.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy further includes:

redistributing and adjusting an adjacency of related bits;

spreading apart the related bits; and

interleaving the streaming data with the related bits.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy includes adjusting an uninterrupted portion length of the streaming data sent to the remote device for later use.

9. A computer implementable method for delivering streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter, the method comprising:

sending a first portion of the streaming data to the remote device using a transmission strategy;

receiving usage data from the remote device, wherein the usage data includes signal reception quality data about the first portion;

adjusting the transmission strategy based, at least in part, on the usage data according to a transmission policy and includes pre-buffering additional transmitters proximate the remote device, wherein said pre-buffering the additional transmitters includes predicting a future transmitter based on a prior usage pattern of other devices; and

sending a second portion of the streaming data to the remote device according to the adjusted transmission strategy.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving the transmission policy from the remote device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the usage data includes at least location information about the remote device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the usage data includes at least time of day information at the remote device.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy includes adjusting a percentage of error-correction bits transmitted along with the streaming data.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy further includes:

redistributing and adjusting an adjacency of related bits;

spreading apart the related bits; and

interleaving the streaming data with the related bits.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein adjusting the transmission strategy includes adjusting an uninterrupted portion length of the streaming data sent to the remote device for later use.