Methods and systems for transferring data over a network

• US 9,684,504 B1
• Filed: 03/14/2016
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CallWave Communications, LLC
• Original Assignee: CallWave Communications, LLC
• Inventors: Herriman, Scott, Tognazzini, Donnie, Giannini, David, Kelley, Colin D.
• Primary Examiner(s): DENG, ANNA CHEN
• Application Number:
  US15/069,471
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 717168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/658 Incremental updates; Differential updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A method of distributing a software upgrade to user computer systems having a software application installed thereon is disclosed. A determination is made as whether the software upgrade is to be a forced upgrade or a recommended upgrade for a first user based on a parameter related to the first user or the software upgrade. A determination is made as to whether a software upgrade file is to be downloaded to a user computer using a trickle mode or a burst mode.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device comprising hardware;

a network interface coupled to a data network;

non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one computing device that stores instructions that when executed by the at least one computing device cause, at least in part, the system to implement;

enabling a software program to be downloaded over a network from a first system comprising memory to a user computing device;

transmitting a software program update message to the user computing device, wherein the software program update message causes at least in part an update indication to be displayed on the user computing device having the software program installed thereon;

initiating a software program update download from the first system to the user computing device at a software program update download rate during a first session, wherein the software program update download rate to the user computing device is based at least in part on a network access mechanism of the user computing device used to perform the software program update download; and

at least partly in response to detecting an online presence of the user computing device after the download of the software program update has been paused, automatically resuming the paused download of the software program update.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein an installation of the software program update is performed at least partly in response to a user response to the update indication displayed on the user computing device.

3. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein an update indication corresponding to the software program update is not displayed by the user computing device prior to the installation of the software program update.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the paused download of the software program update is triggered by a failed network connection.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the paused download of the software program update is triggered by a shutdown of the user computing device.

6. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein a software version determination of the software program installed on the user computing device is performed prior to downloading the software program update to the user computing device.

7. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the network access mechanism of the user computing device comprises a cable network access.

8. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein detecting the online presence of the user computing device comprises a plurality of online presence detections and the automatic resumption of the software program update download of the software program comprises a plurality of resumptions until the software program update download completes.

9. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the software program contains a security flaw repaired in the software program update.

10. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the software program update contains a media update.

11. The system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

reading a start time period from computer readable memory; and

subsequent to a first detection of the online presence of the user computing device, delaying initiation of the software program update download to a time corresponding to the start time period.

12. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the user computing device comprises a wireless phone, and the software program update comprises an operating system update for the wireless phone'"'"'s operating system.

13. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device comprising hardware;

at least one network interface coupled to a data network;

non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one computing device that stores instructions that when executed by the at least one computing device cause, at least in part, the system to implement;

transmitting a software program update message to a user computing device, wherein the software program update message causes at least in part an update indication to be displayed on a user computing device having a software program installed thereon;

initiating a software program update download to the user computing device at a software program update download rate, wherein the software program update download rate to the user computing device is based at least in part on a level of system performance of the user computing device during the software program update download; and

at least partly in response to a detection of the online presence of the user computing device after the software program update download has been paused, automatically resuming the paused download of the software program update.

14. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein an installation of the software program update is performed at least partly in response to a user response to the update indication displayed by the user computing device.

15. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein an update indication corresponding to the software program update is not displayed by the user computing device prior to the installation of the software program update.

16. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein the paused download of the software program update is triggered by a failed network connection.

17. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein the paused download of the software program update is triggered by a shutdown of the user computing device.

18. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein a software version determination of the software program installed on the user computing device is performed prior to downloading the software program update to the user computing device.

19. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein the online presence detection comprises a plurality of online presence detections and the resumption of the software program update downloads of the software program comprises a plurality of resumptions until the software program update download completes.

20. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein the software program contains a security flaw repaired in the software program update.

21. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein the software program update contains a media update.

22. The system as defined in claim 13, the operations further comprising:

reading a start time period from computer readable memory; and

subsequent to the detection of the online presence of the user computing device, delaying the software program update initiation to a time corresponding to the start time period.

23. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein the user computing device comprises a wireless phone, and the software program update comprises an operating system update for the wireless phone'"'"'s operating system.

24. A system comprising:

a computing device comprising hardware;

at least one network interface coupled to a data network;

non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one computing device that stores instructions that when executed by the at least one computing device cause, at least in part, the system to implement;

transmitting, over the wireless network, a software program update message to a mobile computing device, wherein the software program update message causes at least in part an indication to be displayed on the mobile computing device having a software program installed thereon;

initiating a software program update download to the mobile computing device at a software program update download rate, wherein the software program update download rate to the mobile computing device is based at least in part on a network access mechanism of the mobile computing device used to perform the software program update download;

at least partly in response to a detection of an online presence of the mobile computing device after the download of the software program update has been paused, automatically resuming the paused download of the software program update.

25. The system as defined in claim 24, wherein software program update comprises an operating system update for a mobile computing device'"'"'s operating system.