Content provisioning for mobile devices using proximity awareness to a computer

• US 20050138138A1
• Filed: 12/22/2003
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Danneels, Gunner D., Jelinek, Lenka M., Kumar, Muthu K.
• Application Number:
  US10/744,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20050138138A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• 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: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

In some embodiments, content is cached on behalf of a mobile device. The cached content is downloaded to the mobile device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

caching content on behalf of a mobile device; and

downloading the cached content to the mobile device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the caching preemptively caches the content on behalf of the mobile device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content includes at least one of an improvement, a patch, a security patch, an upgrade, a software upgrade, an update and an operating system update.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a detecting of a proximity of the mobile device, wherein the downloading is in response to the detecting.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a cell phone.

6. An article comprising:

a computer readable medium having instructions thereon which when executed cause a computer to;

cache content on behalf of a mobile device; and

download the cached content to the mobile device.

7. The article according to claim 6, wherein the caching preemptively caches the content on behalf of the mobile device.

8. The article according to claim 6, wherein the content includes at least one of an improvement, a patch, a security patch, an upgrade, a software upgrade, an update and an operating system update.

9. The article according to claim 6, the computer readable medium further having instructions thereon which when executed cause a computer to detect a proximity of the mobile device, and to download the cached content to the mobile device in response to the detected proximity.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a caching unit to cache content on behalf of a mobile device; and

a downloading unit to download the cached content to the mobile device.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, the caching unit to preemptively cache the content on behalf of the mobile device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the content includes at least one of an improvement, a patch, a security patch, an upgrade, a software upgrade, an update and an operating system update.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a detecting unit to detect a proximity of the mobile device, wherein the downloading unit is to download the cached content in response to the detecting unit.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the mobile device is a cell phone.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus is included in a computer.

16. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus receives the content over a network.

17. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus receives the content over a high bandwidth connection.

18. A system comprising:

a network;

a mobile device;

a computer coupled to the network, the computer including;

a caching unit to cache content received from the network on behalf of the mobile device; and

a downloading unit to download the cached content to the mobile device.

19. The system according to claim 18, the caching unit to preemptively cache the content on behalf of the mobile device.

20. The system according to claim 18, wherein the content includes at least one of an improvement, a patch, a security patch, an upgrade, a software upgrade, an update and an operating system update.

21. The system according to claim 18, the computer further including a detecting unit to detect a proximity of the mobile device, wherein the downloading unit is to download the cached content in response to the detecting unit.

22. The system according to claim 18, wherein the mobile device is a cell phone.

23. The system according to claim 18, wherein the apparatus is included in a computer.

24. The system according to claim 18, wherein the network is a corporate network.

25. The system according to claim 18, wherein the content is Information Technology content.

26. The system according to claim 18, wherein the network is a personal environment network.