Testing media content for wireless communication devices

• US 8,290,442 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2006
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Whatmough, Ken, Hayman, John, Tapuska, David F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US11/516,495
• Publication Number:
  US 20080064340A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,231 Days
• Field of Search: 455/67.11, 455/550.1, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/435.2, 455/552.1, 709/238, 709204-205, 709/218, 709/246
• US Class Current: 455/67.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability

Abstract

A communications network comprises a wireless communication device, a mobile data service and an apparatus for testing media content developed for a wireless communication device. This apparatus comprises a media content composer module, a web server, and a dispatcher module. The dispatcher module is programmed to: receive a media content simulation request from the composer module; publish media content developed on the composer module onto the web server, the published content having a uniform resource locator (URL) associated thereto; and transmit to the mobile data service the URL and instructions to the wireless communication device or a wireless communication device simulator to open a web browser and access the URL thereby downloading the media content from the web server.

Claims

1. A method in a development tool for testing media content developed for a wireless communication device, comprising:

receiving a media content simulation request at a dispatcher module from a composer module;

publishing by the dispatcher module media content onto a web server in response to the received simulation request, the media content published on a path;

transmitting to a wireless communication device, or a wireless communication device simulator, the path and a wireless application protocol (WAP) service load request to open a web browser and access the path thereby downloading and running the media content from the web server by sending the WAP service load request to a mobile data service (MDS), or to a MDS simulator, and pushing the path, or a uniform resource locator URL associated with the path, and the WAP service load request from the MDS, or MDS simulator, to the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator; and

transmitting to the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator, a playback instruction for controlling playback of the media content running on the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising between receiving and publishing:

exporting the media content into a publishable format.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the content is rich media content.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the WAP service load request comprises an identifier of the device, and the URL and instructions are pushed to the device having the identifier.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1 further comprises opening a simulator session before a simulation request is received.

6. A method as claimed in claim 5 wherein the simulator session is opened when a document in a media content composer program is opened.

7. A method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising hiding the simulator session after opening, then unhiding the simulator session when the simulation request is received.

8. A method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising opening multiple simulator sessions when a document in the composer program is opened.

9. A method as claimed in claim 8 wherein each simulator session uses at least one port, and the opening of each simulator session further comprises:

examining a repository for available ports;

selecting available ports for the simulator session; and

assigning the available ports to the simulator session.

10. A computer readable memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution on a computer to carry out a method in a development tool for testing media content developed for a wireless communication device comprising the steps of:

receiving a media content simulation request at a dispatcher module from a composer module;

publishing by the dispatcher module media content onto a web server in response to the received simulation request, the media content published on a path; and

transmitting to a wireless communication device or a wireless communication device simulator the path and a wireless application protocol (WAP) service load request to open a web browser and access the path thereby downloading and running the media content from the web server by sending the WAP service load request to a mobile data service (MDS), or to a MDS simulator, and pushing the path, or a URL associated with the path, and the WAP service load request from the MDS, or MDS simulator, to the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator; and

transmitting to the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator, a playback instruction for controlling playback of the media content running on the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator.

11. An apparatus for testing media content developed for a wireless communication device, comprising:

a media content composer module for developing media content for the wireless communication device;

a web server;

a dispatcher module programmed to;

receive a media content simulation request from the composer module;

publish the media content developed on the composer module onto the web server, the media content published on a path in response to a received simulation request; and

transmit to a wireless communication device or a wireless communication device simulator the path and a wireless application protocol (WAP) service load request to open a web browser and access the path thereby downloading and running the media content from the web server by sending the WAP service load request to a mobile data service (MDS), or to a MDS simulator, and pushing the path, or a URL associated with the path, and the WAP service load request from the MDS, or MDS simulator, to the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator; and

a control panel programmed to transmit to the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator, a playback instruction for controlling playback of the media content running on the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator.

12. A communications network comprising a wireless communication device, a mobile data service and an apparatus for testing media content developed for a wireless communication device, the apparatus comprising:

a media content composer module for developing media content for the wireless communication device;

a web server;

a dispatcher module programmed to;

receive a media content simulation request from the composer module;

publish the media content developed on the composer module onto the web server, the media content published on a path in response to a received simulation request; and

transmit to the mobile data service connection service the path and a wireless application protocol (WAP) service load request for the wireless communication device or a wireless communication device simulator to open a web browser and access the path thereby downloading and running the media content from the web server by sending the WAP service load request to a mobile data service (MDS), or to a MDS simulator, and pushing the path, or a URL associated with the path, and the WAP service load request from the MDS, or MDS simulator, to the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator; and

a control panel programmed to transmit to the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator, a playback instruction for controlling playback of the media content running on the wireless communication device, or the wireless communication device simulator.