Controlling the pre-delivery of content to a mobile device
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving an indication that a content item at a remote content server is available for pre-delivery to a mobile device over a mobile network;
determining the mobile device is associated with sufficient content delivery credit to pre-deliver at least a fraction of the content item to the mobile device; and
causing the at least fraction of the content item to be pre-delivered to the mobile device based on the determination,wherein the content delivery credit is a number of bytes earned by the mobile device during previous pre-delivery of content items to the mobile device over non-mobile networks.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling pre-delivery of content to user devices, such as mobile devices, from remote content servers (e.g., content delivery nodes over a network) are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods receive an indication that a content item at a remote content server is available for pre-delivery to a mobile device over a mobile network, determine the mobile device is associated with sufficient content delivery credit to pre-deliver at least a fraction of the content item to the mobile device, and cause the at least fraction of the content item to be pre-delivered to the mobile device based on the determination.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving an indication that a content item at a remote content server is available for pre-delivery to a mobile device over a mobile network; determining the mobile device is associated with sufficient content delivery credit to pre-deliver at least a fraction of the content item to the mobile device; and causing the at least fraction of the content item to be pre-delivered to the mobile device based on the determination, wherein the content delivery credit is a number of bytes earned by the mobile device during previous pre-delivery of content items to the mobile device over non-mobile networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for pre-delivering content to a mobile device, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; a content indication module that receives an indication that a content item at a remote content server is available for pre-delivery to a mobile device over a mobile network, the content indication module being executed by the one or more processors; a delivery control module that determines the mobile device is associated with sufficient content delivery credit to pre-deliver at least a fraction of the content item to the mobile device, the delivery control module being executed by the one or more processors; and a delivery module that causes the at least fraction of the content item to be pre-delivered to the mobile device based on the determination, the delivery module being executed by the one or more processors, wherein the content delivery credit is a number of bytes earned by the mobile device during previous pre-delivery of content items to the mobile device over non-mobile networks. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose contents, when executed by a client of a mobile device, cause the client of the mobile device to perform operations for pre-delivering content to the mobile device, the operations comprising:
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receiving an indication that a content item at a remote content server is available for pre-delivery to a mobile device over a mobile network; determining that a pre-delivery of content items to the mobile device over non- mobile networks has previously occurred; and causing the at least fraction of the content item to be pre-delivered to the mobile device based on the determination, wherein the content delivery credit is a number of bytes earned by the mobile device during previous pre-delivery of content items to the mobile device over non-mobile networks. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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