Method and apparatus to facilitate download scheduling
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- at a mobile station;
receiving a first transmission from a remote source comprising information regarding downloadable content, wherein the information comprises;
addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content; and
characterizing information regarding at least some of the selections of downloadable content;
accessing locally developed information regarding downloading constraints;
determining when to automatically download only a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information and the locally developed information such that power consumption experienced due to downloading the downloadable content is intentionally and automatically managed while simultaneously tending to ensure that downloadable content is downloaded and available for use at the mobile station on an as-needed basis.
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Abstract
A mobile station (201) receives (301) a transmission from a remote source (such as, but not limited to, a reference server (206)) comprising information regarding downloadable content. This information can comprise, in a preferred approach, addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content. This information can further comprise, in a preferred approach, characterizing information regarding at least some of the downloadable content selections identified via such addresses. In a preferred approach, such a mobile station can then also access (302) locally developed information regarding downloading constraints of interest and then make determinations (303) regarding when to automatically download at least a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information as was received via the aforementioned transmission and the locally developed information regarding relevant downloading constraints.
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6 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
at a mobile station; receiving a first transmission from a remote source comprising information regarding downloadable content, wherein the information comprises; addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content; and characterizing information regarding at least some of the selections of downloadable content; accessing locally developed information regarding downloading constraints; determining when to automatically download only a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information and the locally developed information such that power consumption experienced due to downloading the downloadable content is intentionally and automatically managed while simultaneously tending to ensure that downloadable content is downloaded and available for use at the mobile station on an as-needed basis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method comprising:
at a mobile station; receiving a first transmission from a remote source comprising information regarding downloadable content, wherein the information comprises; addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content; and characterizing information regarding at least some of the selections of downloadable content; accessing locally developed information regarding downloading constraints; determining when to automatically download only a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information and the locally developed information such that a mobile station memory as is available to store downloadable content tends to remain relatively full.
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5. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver; a first memory operably coupled to the receiver and having stored therein a first transmission from a remote source comprising information regarding downloadable content, wherein the information comprises; addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content; and characterizing information regarding at least some of the selections of downloadable content; a second memory having stored therein locally developed information regarding downloading constraints; a scheduler that is responsive to the first memory and the second memory and that is configured and arranged to schedule when to automatically download only a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information and the locally developed information, wherein the scheduler comprises means for determining when to automatically download at least a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information and the locally developed information such that a mobile station memory as is available to store downloadable content tends to remain relatively full. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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