Downloading file reception process

• US 9,451,203 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TouchTunes Music Corporation (The Octave Music Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: TouchTunes Music Corporation (The Octave Music Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nathan, Guy, Phillips, Ken, Dion, Dominique, Khenfir, Mounir
• Primary Examiner(s): GOFMAN, ALEX N
• Application Number:
  US13/872,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20130236164A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,240 Days
• Field of Search: 707/769
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/164 File meta data generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2282 Tablespace storage structures; Management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/61 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor

Abstract

An audiovisual data reproduction device includes a connection to a central server configured to distribute files to the device. Reception functions associated with a respective type of data are provided to the device The device is configured to: select an available storage area of a specified minimum size, open a reception file on the audiovisual data reproduction device in the selected available storage area, receive each packet of a file sent by the server and write each packet sent to the reception file (with each file including information representative of a type of data associated with the file), and for each file received, search for a respective reception function associated with each received file based on the information representative of the type of data associated with the file. Each reception function is configured to process associated received files and update the device according to the data included therein.

Claims

1. An audiovisual data reproduction device, comprising:

a network connection to a server, the server being configured to distribute files to the audiovisual data reproduction device;

an operating system configured to manage the audiovisual data reproduction device;

a permanent storage medium; and

a plurality of reception functions, each said reception function being associated with a respective type of data and being configured to process files indicating the respective type of data,

wherein the audiovisual data reproduction device is configured to;

create permanent files in available storage areas of the permanent storage medium to store files sent by the server, at least some of the files sent by the server indicating types of data associated with the respective files,

open one of the created permanent files as a reception file for each one of the files sent by the server,

receive, from the server, each data packet corresponding to the respective file sent by the server and directly write data contained in the respective data packet to the opened reception file when the respective data packet is received, and

for the files sent by the server that indicate the types of data associated with the respective files, search for respective reception functions based at least in part on respective indicated types, and

wherein each said reception function is configured to process associated files that have been received and cause the audiovisual reproduction device to be updated according to data included in the processed received file,

indications of the types of data in at least some of the files sent from the server correspond to song files, and

the respective reception function causes an update to a statistics table used in determining selection frequencies of the songs corresponding to the files.

2. The audiovisual data reproduction device of claim 1, wherein indications of the types of data in the files sent from the server are indicated by respective file extensions.

3. The audiovisual data reproduction device of claim 1, wherein indications of the types of data in the files sent from the server are indicated by respective names of the files.

4. The audiovisual data reproduction device of claim 1, wherein indications of the types of data in at least some of the files sent from the server correspond to song files, and the respective reception function causes a song database stored on the audiovisual data reproduction device to be updated.

5. The audiovisual data reproduction device of claim 4, wherein the song database stored on the audiovisual data reproduction device is updated by associating received song files with graphical files stored in the audiovisual reproduction device.

6. The audiovisual data reproduction device of claim 1, wherein indications of the types of data in at least some of the files sent from the server correspond to song files, and the respective reception function causes a compatibility check between versions of the song files received and a version of the operating system of the audiovisual data reproduction device.

7. The audiovisual data reproduction device of claim 1, wherein indications of the types of data in at least some of the files sent from the server correspond to song files, and the respective reception function causes an update to a purchase table including numbers and names of all songs purchased for the audiovisual data reproduction device.

8. The audiovisual data reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the audiovisual data reproduction device is configured to store received files without executing any reception functions when the search returns no associated reception functions.

9. The audiovisual data reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the types are selected from the group consisting of:

song data type, graphics file data type, video data type, advertisement data type, and survey data type.

10. The audiovisual data reproduction device of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to send files to the audiovisual data reproduction device in response to a request from the audiovisual data reproduction device.

11. A method of operating an audiovisual data reproduction device that is connected to a server via a network connection to a server, the server being configured to distribute files to the audiovisual data reproduction device, the audiovisual data reproduction device comprising an operating system configured to manage the audiovisual data reproduction device, a permanent storage medium;

and a plurality of reception functions, each of the reception functions being associated with a respective type of data and being configured to process files indicating the respective type of data, the method comprising, in connection with the operating system;

creating permanent files in available storage areas of the permanent storage medium of the audiovisual data reproduction device to store files sent by the server, at least some of the files sent by the server indicating types of data associated with the respective files;

opening one of the created permanent files as a reception file for each one of the files sent by the server,

receiving, from the server, each data packet corresponding to the respective file sent by the server and directly writing data contained in the respective data packet to the opened reception file when the respective data packet is received,

for the files sent by the server that indicate the types of data associated with the respective files, searching for respective reception functions based at least in part on respective indicated types; and

when respective reception functions are found, processing associated files that have been received and causing the audiovisual reproduction device to be updated according to data included in the processed received file, wherein

indications of the types of data in at least some of the files sent from the server correspond to song files, and

for such files, the method further comprises causing an update to a statistics table used in determining selection frequencies of the songs corresponding to the files, in connection with the respective reception function.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein indications of the types of data in the files sent from the server are indicated by respective file extensions.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein indications of the types of data in the files sent from the server are indicated by respective names of the files.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein indications of the types of data in at least some of the files sent from the server correspond to song files, and further comprising causing a song database stored on the audiovisual data reproduction device to be updated.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein indications of the types of data in at least some of the files sent from the server correspond to song files, and further comprising for such files causing a compatibility check between versions of the song files received and a version of the operating system of the audiovisual data reproduction device, in connection with the respective reception function.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein indications of the types of data in at least some of the files sent from the server correspond to song files, and further comprising for such files causing an update to a purchase table including numbers and names of all songs purchased for the audiovisual data reproduction device, in connection with the respective reception function.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the audiovisual data reproduction device is configured to store received files without executing any reception functions when the search returns no associated reception functions.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the types are selected from the group consisting of:

song data type, graphics file data type, video data type, advertisement data type, and survey data type, and

wherein the server is configured to send files to the audiovisual data reproduction device in response to a request from the audiovisual data reproduction device.