Data management
First Claim
1. A method of data management between a mobile device and a network data store in a wireless network, said method comprising:
- (i) establishing a connection between the mobile device and the network data store by way of a wireless access point;
(ii) estimating a connection duration between the mobile device and the wireless access point, and the bandwidth of the connection between the mobile device and the wireless network;
(iii) determining if the mobile device has sufficient available storage for storing a network file selected from the network data store, said network file having an interest value based on a user profile, and the mobile device comprising a plurality of device files ranked in order of the interest value, wherein if it is determined that the mobile device does not have sufficient available storage for the selected network file, then deleting one or more device files starting with the device file with lowest ranked interest parameter until the mobile device has sufficient available storage for the network file, wherein the network file selected is a data file with a highest ranked interest value;
(iv) determining if there is sufficient time to load the selected network file from the network data store to the mobile device in dependence on the estimated connection duration and the estimated bandwidth; and
(v) loading the selected network file from the network data store to the mobile device by way of the access point if it is determined that there is sufficient available storage and sufficient time to transfer the selected network file.
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Abstract
There is proposed a method of side-loading content onto a mobile device, preferably using a WiFi connection, from a network content store and storing it on the device for viewing later. The method automatically determines when to delete stored content, and more importantly, what content should be transferred over the network in the first instance. The system comprises a content manager which takes into account various parameters to determine what should be transferred and, if required, what should be deleted from the device. The parameters used include user profiles, size of a potential download, as well as available storage space on the device and the predicted duration the device will be in range of a wireless hotspot or broadcast network.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of data management between a mobile device and a network data store in a wireless network, said method comprising:
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(i) establishing a connection between the mobile device and the network data store by way of a wireless access point; (ii) estimating a connection duration between the mobile device and the wireless access point, and the bandwidth of the connection between the mobile device and the wireless network; (iii) determining if the mobile device has sufficient available storage for storing a network file selected from the network data store, said network file having an interest value based on a user profile, and the mobile device comprising a plurality of device files ranked in order of the interest value, wherein if it is determined that the mobile device does not have sufficient available storage for the selected network file, then deleting one or more device files starting with the device file with lowest ranked interest parameter until the mobile device has sufficient available storage for the network file, wherein the network file selected is a data file with a highest ranked interest value; (iv) determining if there is sufficient time to load the selected network file from the network data store to the mobile device in dependence on the estimated connection duration and the estimated bandwidth; and (v) loading the selected network file from the network data store to the mobile device by way of the access point if it is determined that there is sufficient available storage and sufficient time to transfer the selected network file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for data management between a mobile device and a network data store in a wireless network, said system comprising:
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a connection unit configured to establish a connection between the mobile device and the network data store by way of a wireless access point; a connection duration estimator, including a computer processing system having at least one computer processor, for estimating a connection duration between the mobile device and the wireless access point; a bandwidth estimator, including the processing system, for estimating the bandwidth of the connection between the mobile device and the wireless network; a content manager, including the processing system, for determining if the mobile device has sufficient available storage for storing a network file selected from the network data store, said network file having an interest value based on a user profile, and the mobile device comprising a plurality of device files ranked in order of the interest value, wherein if it is determined that the mobile device does not have sufficient available storage for the selected network file, then deleting one or more device files starting with the device file with lowest ranked interest parameter until the mobile device has sufficient available storage for the selected network file, and for determining if there is sufficient time to load the selected network file from the network data store to the mobile device in dependence on the estimated connection duration and the estimated bandwidth, wherein the network file selected is a data file with a highest ranked interest value; and a transfer unit configured to transferring the selected network file from the network data store to the mobile device by way of the access point if it is determined that there is sufficient available storage and sufficient time to load the selected network file. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device comprising:
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a connection unit configured to establish a connection with a network data store by way of a wireless access point; a plurality of device files ranked in order of an interest value; and a processing system, having at least one computer processor, configured to; estimate a connection duration between the mobile device and the wireless access point; estimate the bandwidth of the connection between the mobile device and the wireless network; determine if the mobile device has sufficient available storage for storing a network file selected from the network data store, said network file having the interest value based on a user profile, deleting one or more device files starting with the device file with lowest ranked interest parameter until the mobile device has sufficient available storage for the selected network file if it is determined that the mobile device does not have sufficient available storage for the selected network file, wherein the network file selected is a data file with a highest ranked interest value; determining if there is sufficient time to load the selected network file from the network data store to the mobile device in dependence on the estimated connection duration and the estimated bandwidth; and receiving the selected network file from the network data store by way of the access point if it is determined that there is sufficient available storage and sufficient time to load the selected network file. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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