Method and apparatus for transferring digital content from a computer to a mobile device

• US 8,250,172 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mspot (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ho, Edwin, Wai, King Sunit
• Primary Examiner(s): Beamer, Temica M
• Application Number:
  US12/981,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20110098025A1
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/231, 709/233, 455/552.1, 455/556.1, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/419, 455/557
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/09 Arrangements for receiving desired information automatically according to timetables
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/06 Arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/91 Mobile communication networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/85
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/92 for local area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals download of applications H04M1/72406; transfer of messages, e.g. SMS, e-mail or MMS H04M1/7243

Abstract

A system for synchronizing digital content stored on a user'"'"'s mobile device with digital content stored on the user'"'"'s computer is disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for playing content of a user on a mobile device, comprising:

providing, on a computer, a piece of content;

determining, by a mobile device, the networks available to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is capable of communicating over a first network and a second network that is a different network than the first network;

selecting, in response to an action by a user of the mobile device, the piece of content;

when the first network is detected by the mobile device, streaming the piece of content from the computer to the mobile device over the first network; and

when the second network is detected by the mobile device, downloading the piece of content onto the mobile device over the second network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first network comprises a cellular network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the cellular network comprises a 3G network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second network comprises a wireless computer network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device further comprises a mobile phone.

6. A method for playing content of a user on a mobile device, comprising:

providing, on a computer, a plurality of pieces of content;

determining, by a mobile device, the networks available to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is capable of communicating over a first network and a second network that is a different network than the first network;

when the first network is detected by the mobile device, downloading one of the plurality of pieces of content onto the mobile device over the first network;

when the second network is detected by the mobile device, downloading the plurality of pieces of content onto the mobile device over the second network.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first network comprises a cellular network.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the cellular network comprises a 3G network.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the second network comprises a wireless computer network.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the mobile device further comprises a mobile phone.

11. A method for playing content of a user on a mobile device, comprising:

providing, on a computer, a piece of content;

determining, by a mobile device, the types of networks available to the mobile device wherein the mobile device is capable of communicating over a first network and a second network that is a different network than the first network;

selecting, in response to an action by a user of the mobile device, the piece of content;

when the first network is detected by the mobile device, streaming the piece of content from the computer to the mobile device over the first network at a first speed; and

when the second network is detected by the mobile device, streaming the piece of content from the computer to the mobile device over the second network at a second speed that is a different speed than the first speed.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first network comprises a cellular network.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the cellular network comprises a 3G network.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the second network comprises a wireless computer network.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the mobile device further comprises a mobile phone.

16. A method for playing content of a user on a mobile device, comprising:

providing, on a computer, a piece of content;

determining, by a mobile device, the networks available to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is capable of communicating over a first network and a second network that is a different network than the first network;

selecting, in response to an action by a user of the mobile device, the piece of content;

when the first network is detected by the mobile device, downloading the piece of content onto the mobile device at a first speed over the first network; and

when the second network is detected by the mobile device, downloading the piece of content onto the mobile device at a second speed that is a different speed than the first speed over the second network.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first network comprises a cellular network.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the cellular network comprises a 3G network.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the second network comprises a wireless computer network.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the mobile device further comprises a mobile phone.

21. A system for sharing content between a computer and a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile device having a display that displays a piece of content stored on a computer;

the mobile device having an application configured to determine the networks available to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is capable of communicating over a first network and a second network that is a different network than the first network, and to request, in response to a user action on the mobile device, the piece of content from the computer, and when the first network is detected by the mobile device to receive a stream of the piece of content from the computer over the first network and when the second network is detected by the mobile device to download the piece of content from the computer over the second network.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the first network comprises a cellular network.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the cellular network comprises a 3G network.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the second network comprises a wireless computer network.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the mobile device further comprises a mobile phone.

26. A system for sharing content between a computer and a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile device having a display that displays a plurality of pieces of content stored on a computer;

the mobile device having an application configured to determine the networks available to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is capable of communicating over a first network and a second network that is a different network than the first network, and when the first network is detected by the mobile device to download one of the plurality of pieces of content from the computer over the first network and when the second network is detected by the mobile device to download the plurality of pieces of content from the computer over the second network.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the first network comprises a cellular network.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the cellular network comprises a 3G network.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein the second network comprises a wireless computer network.

30. The system of claim 26, wherein the mobile device further comprises a mobile phone.

31. A system for sharing content between a computer and a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile device having a display that displays a piece of content stored on a computer;

the mobile device having an application configured to determine the networks available to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is capable of communicating over a first network and a second network that is a different network than the first network, and to select, in response to an action by a user of the mobile device, the piece of content, and when the first network is detected by the mobile device to receive a stream of the piece of content from the computer over the first network at a first speed and when the second network is detected by the mobile device to receive a stream of the piece of content from the computer over the second network at a second speed that is a different speed than the first speed.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the first network comprises a cellular network.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the cellular network comprises a 3G network.

34. The system of claim 31, wherein the second network comprises a wireless computer network.

35. The system of claim 31, wherein the mobile device further comprises a mobile phone.

36. A system for sharing content between a computer and a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile device having a display that displays a piece of content stored on a computer;

the mobile device having an application configured to determine the networks available to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is capable of communicating over a first network and a second network that is a different network than the first network, and to select, in response to an action by a user of the mobile device, the piece of content, and when the first network is detected by the mobile device to download the piece of content from the computer at a first speed over the first network and when the second network is detected by the mobile device to download the piece of content from the computer at a second speed that is a different speed than the first speed over the second network.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the first network comprises a cellular network.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the cellular network comprises a 3G network.

39. The system of claim 36, wherein the second network comprises a wireless computer network.

40. The system of claim 36, wherein the mobile device further comprises a mobile phone.