Method and apparatus to facilitate download scheduling
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- at a mobile station;
receiving a first transmission from a remote source comprising information regarding downloadable content, wherein the information comprises;
addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content; and
characterizing information regarding at least some of the selections of downloadable content;
accessing locally developed information regarding downloading constraints;
determining when to automatically download at least a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information and the locally developed information.
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Abstract
A mobile station (201) receives (301) a transmission from a remote source (such as, but not limited to, a reference server (206)) comprising information regarding downloadable content. This information can comprise, in a preferred approach, addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content. This information can further comprise, in a preferred approach, characterizing information regarding at least some of the downloadable content selections identified via such addresses. In a preferred approach, such a mobile station can then also access (302) locally developed information regarding downloading constraints of interest and then make determinations (303) regarding when to automatically download at least a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information as was received via the aforementioned transmission and the locally developed information regarding relevant downloading constraints.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
at a mobile station;
receiving a first transmission from a remote source comprising information regarding downloadable content, wherein the information comprises;
addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content; and
characterizing information regarding at least some of the selections of downloadable content;
accessing locally developed information regarding downloading constraints;
determining when to automatically download at least a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information and the locally developed information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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receiver;
a first memory operably coupled to the receiver and having stored therein a first transmission from a remote source comprising information regarding downloadable content, wherein the information comprises;
addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content; and
characterizing information regarding at least some of the selections of downloadable content;
a second memory having stored therein locally developed information regarding downloading constraints;
a scheduler that is responsive to the first memory and the second memory and that is configured and arranged to schedule when to automatically download at least a portion of at least one of the selections of downloadable content as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information and the locally developed information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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at a reference server and in response to facilitating a synchronization process with a mobile station;
transmitting to the mobile station information regarding downloadable content, wherein the information comprises;
addresses that can be used to download corresponding selections of downloadable content; and
characterizing information regarding at least some of the selections of downloadable content;
to facilitate downloading of at least one of the selections of downloadable content by the mobile station as a function, at least in part, of both the characterizing information and information as is developed locally at the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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Specification