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System for optimising wireless data downloads

  • US 9,742,828 B2
  • Filed: 11/15/2013
  • Issued: 08/22/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A file server comprising:

  • a data storage device adapted to store multimedia content; and

    a wireless access point adapted to wirelessly interconnect, via a wireless data signal, the data storage device to a wireless device, the file server being configured to wirelessly transmit selected portions of the stored multimedia content to the wireless device, and being characterised by;

    a directional signal strength gauge configured to determine the strength of the wireless data signal at the wireless device and to determine a direction from the wireless device to the wireless access point and by;

    the directional signal strength gauge being configured to repeatedly broadcast a specific amount of data from the file server and to measure and record the time it takes to download the said specific amount of data on the wireless device;

    the strength and/or reliability of the wireless data signal at the wireless device being inversely related to the download time for the said specific amount of data; and

    bythe file server being configured to repeatedly poll the wireless device to monitor changes over time the strength and/or reliability of the wireless data signal received by the wireless device and for the wireless device'"'"'s location and/or movement data, whereinthe directional signal strength gauge is configured to estimate or determine the direction from the wireless device to the wireless access point by;

    plotting download speed as a function of position, interpolating between corresponding measurements of download speed and position to create a spatial representation of signal strength as a function of the position of the wireless device; and

    estimating a direction to the wireless access point corresponding to a direction in which the gradient of the spatial representation is substantially maximised.

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