METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20130013750A1
• Filed: 01/11/2011
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Sircar, Shiladitya, Butler, Brian Steven, Kumar, Arun, Mollins, Patrick, Kewalramani, Vikram
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,662 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A method and server for facilitating the transmission of content to a mobile communication device connected to a host computer are provided. The method comprises: sending a content queue request to the mobile communication device from a web application running within a web browser; in response to sending the content queue request, receiving at the host computer a content queue from the mobile communication device, the content queue identifying one or more locations of remote servers associated with content; retrieving content, by the web application, in accordance with the one or more locations identified in the content queue; and sending the content from the host computer to the mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting content to a mobile communication device connected to a host computer, the method comprising:

sending a content queue request to the mobile communication device from a web application running within a web browser on the host computer;

in response to sending the content queue request, receiving at the host computer a content queue from the mobile communication device, the content queue identifying one or more locations of remote servers associated with content;

retrieving content, by the web application, in accordance with the one or more locations identified in the content queue; and

sending the content from the host computer to the mobile communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to sending the content queue request to the mobile communication device:

displaying, in the web browser on the host computer, a selectable interface element for inputting instructions to download content queued on the mobile communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the content queue request is sent in response to the receipt of an instruction through the web browser to download content queued on the mobile communication device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the locations identifies the location of a podcast.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the content queue further identifies a last audio file downloaded in the podcast, and wherein retrieving the content comprises:

retrieving any new audio files in the podcast.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein retrieving any new audio files in the podcast comprises:

retrieving any audio files in the podcast published subsequent to the last audio file downloaded in the podcast.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the last audio file downloaded in the podcast is identified in the content queue by a publication date of the last audio file downloaded in the podcast.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more locations is a location of a really simple syndication feed.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the location is identified using one or more uniform resource locators.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device is a USB enabled mobile communication device which is connected to the host computer via a universal serial bus connection.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the content is not available from the one or more remote servers, sending an error message to the mobile communication device.

12. A server comprising:

a memory storing a web application configured to;

send a content queue request from the web application running within a web browser on a host computer to a mobile communication device connected to the host computer;

in response to sending the content queue request, receive at the host computer a content queue from the mobile communication device, the content queue identifying one or more locations of remote servers associated with content;

retrieve content in accordance with the one or more locations identified in the content queue; and

send the content from the host computer to the mobile communication device.

13. The server of claim 12, wherein the web application is further configured to, prior to sending the content queue request to the mobile communication device:

display, in the web browser on the host computer, a selectable interface element for inputting instructions to download content queued on the mobile communication device.

14. The server of claim 12, wherein the content queue request is sent in response to the receipt of an instruction through the web browser to download content queued on the mobile communication device.

15. The server of claim 12, wherein at least one of the locations identifies the location of a podcast.

16. The server of claim 12, wherein the content queue further identifies a last audio file downloaded in a podcast, and wherein retrieving the content comprises:

retrieving any new audio files in the podcast.

17. The server of claim 16, wherein retrieving any new audio files in the podcast comprises:

retrieving any audio files in the podcast published subsequent to the last audio file downloaded in the podcast.

18. The server of claim 16, wherein the last audio file downloaded in the podcast is identified in the content queue by a publication date of the last audio file downloaded in the podcast.

19. The server of claim 12, wherein at least one of the one or more locations is a location of a really simple syndication feed.

20. A method for transmitting content to a mobile communication device connected to a host computer, the method comprising:

receiving instructions through a web browser on the host computer to download queued content; and

in response to receiving instructions to download queued content;

sending a request to the mobile communication device, from the web browser, to obtain a content queue from the mobile communication device, the content queue identifying content which is stored on one or more remote servers;

receiving the content queue at the host computer;

retrieving, by the host computer, the content listed in the content queue from the one or more remote servers; and

transmitting the content from the host computer to the mobile communication device.