System and method for facilitating remote downloading

• US 9,344,483 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2010
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Zhu, Chenxi, Chen, Wei-Peng, Naito, Takao
• Primary Examiner(s): SISON, JUNE Y
• Application Number:
  US12/925,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20120096122A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,043 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

A method for facilitating remote downloading, in accordance with particular embodiments, includes receiving, at a proxy server maintained by a wireless service provider, a remote download request. The remote download request is relayed to the proxy server via at least one component of a wireless service provider'"'"'s network. The remote download request includes an address associated with at least one file hosted by a remote server. The method also includes downloading the at least one file from the remote server to the proxy server. Upon detecting a presence of the endpoint, the method includes transferring the at least one file from the proxy server to the endpoint via a femto base station associated with the endpoint.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating remote downloading, comprising:

receiving, at a proxy server located in a wireless service provider network, a remote download request relayed from an endpoint to the proxy server via at least one component of the wireless service provider network, the remote download request comprising an address associated with at least one file hosted by a remote server and security credentials associated with the remote server;

determining whether a download time to download the at least one file is greater than a threshold time;

upon determining that the download time is greater than the threshold time, downloading the at least one file from the remote server to the proxy server; and

upon detecting a presence of the endpoint at a femto base station with a backhaul connection to the wireless service provider network, transferring the at least one file from the proxy server to the endpoint via the femto base station.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, upon completing the downloading of the at least one file, sending a message to the endpoint indicating that the proxy server has completed downloading the at least one file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the remote download request is received from the endpoint while the endpoint is away from a home location and using a wireless connection provided by a wireless service provider; and

upon completing the download of the at least one file, transferring, via the femto base station, the at least one file to a storage device associated with the femto base station, the at least one file transferred to the endpoint upon the femto base station detecting the presence of the endpoint.

4. A method of facilitating remote downloading, comprising:

receiving at an endpoint a request to download at least one file from a remote server;

generating a remote download request comprising an address associated with the at least one file and security credentials associated with the at least one file;

determining whether a download time to download the at least one file is greater than a threshold time;

upon determining that the download time is greater than the threshold time, transmitting the remote download request to a proxy server located in a wireless service provider network, the remote download request transmitted via at least one component of the wireless service provider network; and

downloading the at least one file from the proxy server via a femto base station with a backhaul connection to the wireless service provider network.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining that a time to download the at least one file exceeds a first threshold.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein downloading the at least one file comprises downloading the at least one file from the proxy server at a scheduled time.

7. A system for facilitating remote downloading, the system comprising a processor communicably coupled to an interface:

the interface configured to;

receive, at a proxy server located in a wireless service provider network, a remote download request relayed from an endpoint to the proxy server via at least one component of the wireless service provider network, the remote download request comprising an address associated with at least one file hosted by a remote server and security credentials associated with the remote server;

determine whether a download time to download the at least one file is greater than a threshold time;

upon determining that the download time is greater than the threshold time, download the at least one file from the remote server to the proxy server;

the processor configured to;

detect a presence of the endpoint at a femto base station with a backhaul connection to the wireless service provider network, wherein upon detecting the presence of the endpoint, the interface is further configured to transfer the at least one file from the proxy server to the endpoint via the femto base station.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein, upon completing the downloading of the at least one file, the interface is further configured to send a message to the endpoint indicating that the proxy server has completed downloading the at least one file.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein:

the remote download request is received from the endpoint while the endpoint is away from a home location and using a wireless connection provided by a wireless service provider; and

the interface, upon completing the download of the at least one file, is further configured to transfer, via the femto base station, the at least one file to a storage device associated with the femto base station, the at least one file transferred to the endpoint upon the femto base station detecting the presence of the endpoint.

10. A system for facilitating remote downloading, the system comprising a processor communicably coupled to an interface:

the interface configured to receive at an endpoint a request to download at least one file from a remote server; and

the processor configured to generate a remote download request comprising an address associated with the at least one file and security credentials associated with the at least one file;

the interface further configured to;

determine whether a download time to download the at least one file is greater than a threshold time;

upon determining that the download time is greater than the threshold time, transmit the remote download request to a proxy server located in a wireless service provider network, the remote download request transmitted via at least one component of the wireless service provider network; and

download the at least one file from the proxy server via a femto base station with a backhaul connection to the wireless service provider network.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that a time to download the at least one file exceeds a first threshold.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the interface configured to download the at least one file is further configured to download the at least one file from the proxy server at a scheduled time.

13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media embodying software that when executed by a processor is operable to:

receive, at a proxy server located in a wireless service provider network, a remote download request relayed from an endpoint to the proxy server via at least one component of a wireless service provider'"'"'s network, the remote download request comprising an address associated with at least one file hosted by a remote server and security credentials associated with the remote server;

determine whether a download time to download the at least one file is greater than a threshold time;

upon determining that the download time is greater than the threshold time, download the at least one file from the remote server to the proxy server; and

upon detecting a presence of the endpoint at a femto base station with a backhaul connection to the wireless service provider network, transfer the at least one file from the proxy server to the endpoint via the femto base station.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein the software, when executed by the processor, is further operable to, upon completing the downloading of the at least one file, send a message to the endpoint indicating that the proxy server has completed downloading the at least one file.

15. The media of claim 13, wherein:

the remote download request is received from the endpoint while the endpoint is away from a home location and using a wireless connection provided by a wireless service provider; and

the software, when executed by the processor, is further operable to, upon completing the download of the at least one file, transfer, via the femto base station, the at least one file to a storage device associated with the femto base station, the at least one file transferred to the endpoint upon the femto base station detecting the presence of the endpoint.

16. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media embodying software that when executed by a processor is operable to:

receive at an endpoint a request to download at least one file from a remote server;

generate a remote download request comprising an address associated with the at least one file and security credentials associated with the at least one file;

determine whether a download time to download the at least one file is greater than a threshold time;

upon determining that the download time is greater than the threshold time, transmit the remote download request to a proxy server located in a wireless service provider network, the remote download request transmitted via at least one component of the wireless service provider network; and

download the at least one file from the proxy server via a femto base station with a backhaul connection to the wireless service provider network.

17. The media of claim 16, wherein software, when executed by the processor, is further operable to determine that a time to download the at least one file exceeds a first threshold.

18. The media of claim 16, wherein the software, when executed by the processor, is further operable to download the at least one file from the proxy server at a scheduled time.