Method for dynamically adjusting frequency of content transmissions to a communication device
First Claim
1. In a system in which a communication device stores a content-catalog defining a list of content downloadable to the device, a method of managing how often updates of the content-catalog are transmitted over a network to the communication device, the method comprising:
- receiving over the network, from the device, information indicating how often a user of the device has directed the device to present the content-catalog; and
using the received information as a basis to determine a frequency at which to transmit the updates over the network to the device.
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Abstract
A method for dynamically adjusting the frequency of content-transmissions to a communication device is disclosed. The device logs and reports to a network entity, such as a content server, how often content-related user-interaction has occurred on the device, such as simply when the last such interaction occurred. The network entity then determines a frequency at which to transmit content to the device, based on how often the content-related user-interaction has occurred on the device. And the network entity then transmits content to the device at the determined frequency. The invention can be usefully employed to adjust the frequency at which content-channel updates or content-catalog updates are transmitted to communication devices such as cellular wireless devices for instance.
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1. In a system in which a communication device stores a content-catalog defining a list of content downloadable to the device, a method of managing how often updates of the content-catalog are transmitted over a network to the communication device, the method comprising:
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receiving over the network, from the device, information indicating how often a user of the device has directed the device to present the content-catalog; and using the received information as a basis to determine a frequency at which to transmit the updates over the network to the device. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of managing how often updates of a content-catalog are transmitted over a network to a communication device, the method comprising:
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receiving over the network, from the device, a report of a time when a user of the device last directed the device to present the content-catalog; and using the reported time as a basis to determine a frequency at which to transmit updates of the content-catalog over the network to the device. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of managing how often content is transmitted over a network to a communication device the method comprising:
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receiving over the network, from the device, information indicating at least one of (i) how often a user of the device has engaged in predefined content-related interaction with the device and (ii) a time when a user of the device last engaged in the predefined content-related interaction with the device; and using the received information as a basis to determine a frequency at which to transmit the content over the network to the device, wherein the device is programmed with a content-presentation application, and wherein the predefined content-related interaction with the device comprises user-initiation of the content-presentation application.
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9. A method of managing how often content is transmitted over a network to a communication device, the method comprising:
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receiving over the network, from the device, a report of a time when a user of the device last engaged in predefined content-related interaction with the device, wherein receiving the report of the time comprises receiving the report within a content-request message transmitted from the device; and using the reported time as a basis to determine a frequency at which to transmit the content over the network to the device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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