ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING CONTENT

• US 20130054753A1
• Filed: 11/24/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHIANG, CHIH-SAN, CHENG, HUA-DONG, WANG, HAN-CHE, LONG, HUAI-YANG, ZHAO, YUN, YE, YUE-FENG
• Application Number:
  US13/304,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054753A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

An electronic device includes a communication unit communicate with a network, a processing unit, and a storage unit. The processing unit controls the communication unit to transmit keywords to the network in response to user input, and controls the communication unit to transmit a download request of addresses of searched content of the network to target mobile terminal(s) selected from at least one mobile terminal communicating with the communication unit. The download request searches the network for content associated with the download addresses, the searched content are downloaded to the target mobile terminal(s).

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with a network;

a processing unit configured to control the communication unit to transmit one or more keywords to the network in response to user input, select one or more target mobile terminals from at least one mobile terminal that are communicating with the communication unit, and further control the communication unit to transmit a download request of addresses of searched content of the network to the one or more target mobile terminals, wherein the download request comprises download addresses of the searched content, wherein the download request searches the network for content associated with the download addresses, and the searched content are downloaded to the one or more target mobile terminals; and

a storage unit configured to store the download addresses associated with the searched results.

2. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic device is an intermediate proxy server.

3. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a display unit, the processing unit is configured to display a user interface on the display unit for users to input the one or more keywords.

4. The electronic device as recited in claim 3, wherein the processing unit is configured to display a user interface on the display unit to show the searched results for users to select the one or more searched results.

5. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the processing unit selects the one or more target mobile terminals by obtaining corresponding IP addresses from the at least one mobile terminal.

6. The electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the processing unit selects the one or more target mobile terminals by inputting corresponding IP addresses by a user.

7. A method for downloading content applied in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a communication unit configured to communicate with a network, wherein the method comprises:

transmitting one or more keywords to the network in response to user input by the communication unit;

selecting one or more target mobile terminals from at least one mobile terminal communicating with the communication unit;

transmitting a download request of addresses of searched content of the network to the one or more target mobile terminals by the communication unit, wherein the download request comprises download addresses of the searched content;

searching the network for content associated with the download addresses by the download request; and

downloading the searched content to each of the one or more target mobile terminals.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein a user interface is presented for user to input the one or more keywords.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the one or more target mobile terminals are selected by obtaining corresponding IP addresses from the at least one mobile terminal.

10. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the one or more target mobile terminals are selected by inputting corresponding IP addresses by a user.