Adjustable download rate for a portable electronic device

• US 8,942,182 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2006
• Issued: 01/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Arora, Rakesh, Stalin, Eshwar, Dumitru, Dan
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thai
• Application Number:
  US11/562,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20080119218A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,989 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219, 370/329
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0888 Throughput
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• 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 method for downloading data from a server to a portable electronic device operating on a wireless network includes determining a network speed of the wireless network, setting a chunk size based on the network speed, sending a request to the server including the chunk size and receiving data from the server in chunks having the chunk size.

Claims

1. A method for downloading data from a server to a portable electronic device comprising a processor and a memory, said method comprising:

determining a network speed of a wireless network on which said portable electronic device is operating;

setting, at said portable electronic device, a variable data chunk size, said variable data chunk size being determined based on said network speed and based on said processor, wherein said variable data chunk size is set larger when a category of network speed is faster, wherein said variable data chunk size is set smaller when a category of network speed is slower, and wherein said variable data chunk size is set smaller when said processor is of limited processing power regardless of said category of network speed;

sending a request to said server including said variable data chunk size; and

receiving said data from said server in chunks having said variable data chunk size, said data including a graph structure representing a map of said data, wherein said graph structure is a Document Object Model.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said variable data chunk size is set to 16K when said wireless network is a GPRS network.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said variable data chunk size is set to 32K when said wireless network is selected from the group consisting of:

EDGE, EVDO and UMTS.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said data is Universal Content Stream data corresponding to an attachment sent to said portable electronic device in an email message.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said data is attachment binary data corresponding to an attachment sent to said portable electronic device in an email message.

6. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said request is sent to said server in response to an attachment viewer of said portable electronic device attempting to display said attachment.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said request includes a <

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tag.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said variable data chunk size is determined based on a capacity of said memory.

9. A method for requesting and viewing an attachment of an email message in an attachment viewer of a portable electronic device comprising a processor and a memory, said method comprising:

sending a request from said portable electronic device to an attachment server in order to view said attachment in said attachment viewer, said request including a variable data chunk size for receiving said attachment;

building a graph structure within said attachment server representing a map of said attachment and encapsulating said graph structure in an attachment viewer readable format, wherein said graph structure is a Document Object Model; and

sending said attachment in said attachment viewer readable format from said attachment server to said portable electronic device, said attachment being received in chunks having said variable data chunk size;

wherein said variable data chunk size is determined based on a speed of a wireless network on which said portable electronic device is operating and based on said processor, wherein said variable data chunk size is set larger when a category of network speed is faster, wherein said variable data chunk size is set smaller when a category of network speed is slower, and wherein said variable data chunk size is set smaller when said processor is of limited processing power regardless of said category of network speed.

10. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said variable data chunk size is 16K when said wireless network is a GPRS network.

11. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said variable data chunk size is 32K when said wireless network is selected from the group consisting of:

EDGE, EVDO, HSDPA and UMTS.

12. A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein said attachment viewer readable format is Universal Content Stream format.

13. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said variable data chunk size is determined based on a capacity of said memory.

14. A portable electronic device operating on a wireless network, said portable electronic device comprising:

a memory for storing an attachment viewer; and

a processor configured to execute said attachment viewer to request to view an attachment and to provide a variable data chunk size for receiving said attachment;

said attachment viewer in communication with an attachment server for receiving data in chunks, said data including a graph structure representing a map of said data,

wherein said graph structure is a Document Object Model, and

wherein said variable data chunk size is determined based on a speed of said wireless network and based on said processor, wherein said variable data chunk size is set larger when a category of network speed is faster, wherein said variable data chunk size is set smaller when a category of network speed is slower, and wherein said variable data chunk size is set smaller when said processor is of limited processing power regardless of said category of network speed.

15. A portable electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein said variable data chunk size is 16K when said wireless network is a GPRS network.

16. A portable electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein said variable data chunk size is 32K when said wireless network is selected from the group consisting of:

EDGE, EVDO, HSDPA and UMTS.

17. A portable electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein said variable data chunk size is determined based on a capacity of said memory.