System and method for managing data sharing over a hotspot network

• US 8,577,347 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smith Micro Software Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Smith Micro Software Incorporated
• Inventors: Sperling, David, Warmerdam, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US13/248,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20120083256A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-4144, 455/422.1, 455/461.463, 455/550.1, 4555521-5562, 370259-266, 370/270, 370/271, 370/338, 709204-207, 709217-219
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/105 PBS [Private Base Station] network H04W84/12 - H04W84/16 take precedence

Abstract

There is presented a system and method for managing data sharing over a hotspot network. The system comprises a mobile broadband hotspot with a processor configured to receive a selection of a mobile device to receive a data file, notify the mobile device of the data file to share, and transmit the data file to the mobile device in response to receiving a download request from the mobile device. By saving the data file into the memory of the mobile broadband hotspot, the mobile broadband hotspot may be directed to share the data file with other devices connected to the mobile broadband hotspot through a hotspot network without requiring the other devices to download the data file again through a wide area network.

Claims

1. A mobile broadband hotspot for managing a data sharing over a hotspot network, the mobile broadband hotspot comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to;

receive a first request from a first mobile device via the hotspot network to receive a data file;

download the data file via a wide area network in communication with the mobile broadband hotspot;

store the data file in the memory of the mobile broadband hotspot;

transmit, via the hotspot network, the data file to the first mobile device in response to receiving the first request from the first mobile device;

receive a second request from a second mobile device via the hotspot network to receive the data file;

determine that the data file is in the memory and that the mobile broadband hotspot is authorized to share the data file with the second mobile device;

in response to determining that the data file in the memory is authorized to be shared with the second mobile device, retrieve the data file from the memory, without downloading the data file via the wide area network;

transmit, via the hotspot network, the data file retrieved from the memory to the second mobile device in response to receiving the second request from the second mobile device.

2. The mobile broadband hotspot of claim 1, wherein the processor, prior to receiving the first request, is configured to activate a file sharing mode of the mobile broadband hotspot.

3. The mobile broadband hotspot of claim 1 further comprising uploading the data file into a landing page of the mobile broadband hotspot.

4. The mobile broadband hotspot of claim 1 further comprising presenting a popup notification on a display of the first mobile device after downloading the data file.

5. The mobile broadband hotspot of claim 4, wherein the popup notification comprises a browser popup.

6. The mobile broadband hotspot of claim 4, wherein the popup notification comprises a download link.

7. The mobile broadband hotspot of claim 1 further comprising redirecting a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request from a browser on the first mobile device to a landing page.

8. The mobile broadband hotspot of claim 7, wherein the processor, prior to redirecting, is configured to use a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server of the mobile broadband hotspot to set a domain name system (DNS) server address for the first mobile device.

9. The mobile broadband hotspot of claim 7, wherein the landing page comprises a download link.

19. The mobile broadband hotspot of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to detect at least one mobile device parameter of the second mobile device, and wherein transmitting the data file, formatted according to the at least one mobile device parameter, to the second mobile device.

10. A method for use by a mobile broadband hotspot for managing a data sharing over a hotspot network, the method comprising:

receiving a first request from a first mobile device via the hotspot network to receive a data file;

downloading the data file via a wide area network in communication with the mobile broadband hotspot;

storing the data file in the memory of the mobile broadband hotspot;

transmitting, via the hotspot network, the data file to the first mobile device in response to receiving the first request from the first mobile device;

receiving a second request from a second mobile device via the hotspot network to receive the data file;

determining that the data file is in the memory and that the mobile broadband hotspot is authorized to share the data file with the second mobile device;

in response to determining that the data file in the memory is authorized to be shared with the second mobile device, retrieving the data file from the memory, without downloading the data file via the wide area network;

transmitting, via the hotspot network, the data file retrieved from the memory to the second mobile device in response to receiving the second request from the second mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein, prior to receiving the first request, the method comprises activating a file sharing mode of the mobile broadband hotspot.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising uploading the data file into a landing page of the first mobile broadband hotspot.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising presenting a popup notification on a display of the first mobile device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the popup notification comprises a browser popup.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the popup notification comprises a download link.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising redirecting a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request from a browser on the device to a landing page.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein, prior to redirecting, the method comprises using a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server of the mobile broadband hotspot to set a domain name system (DNS) server address for the device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the landing page comprises a download link.

20. The method of claim 10 further comprising detecting at least one mobile device parameter of the second mobile device, wherein transmitting the data file, formatted according to the at least one mobile device parameter, to the second mobile device.