发明名称 Cost influenced downloading
摘要 The present invention provides a mobile communications device and a method of operating such a device to reduce data download costs incurred in downloading data from a bearer to which the mobile communications device is connected. The mobile communications device is capable of storing for a bearer to which the mobile communications device is configured to connect with, cost information relating to the cost of downloading data from that bearer. Also, the mobile communications device is capable of adapting the quantity of data downloaded to the mobile communications device from the bearer to which the mobile communications device is presently connected in dependence on the cost information for that bearer.
申请公布号 US9166802(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.10.20
申请号 US200912999598 申请日期 2009.06.22
申请人 Nokia Technologies Oy 发明人 Lovell Thomas
分类号 G06F15/16;H04L12/14;H04L29/06;H04L12/24;H04L12/851 主分类号 G06F15/16
代理机构 Alston & Bird LLP 代理人 Alston & Bird LLP
主权项 1. Apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:determine, for at least one communication bearer with which the apparatus is configured to connect, cost information relating to the cost of downloading data from that bearer to the apparatus;define a plurality of threshold cost values that partition a scale of continuous cost values into a plurality of cost dependent zones;assign download behaviors for each of the cost dependent zones, wherein the assignment of download behaviors comprises, for at least one of the plurality of cost dependent zones, defining a threshold value on the scale of continuous cost values such that an automatic downloading of images is enabled from a communication bearer having a cost information value less than or equal to the threshold value, and an automatic downloading of images is disabled from a communication bearer having a cost information value greater than the threshold value;adapt a quantity of data to be downloaded to the apparatus from a first communication bearer in dependence on download behavior assigned to each cost dependent zone in which the cost information for the first communication bearer is associated,wherein adapt the quantity of data to be downloaded comprises, in an instance in which the quantity downloaded is a first portion of the data,subsequently periodically querying one or more additional bearers;identifying a second communication bearer from which a second portion of the data is downloadable at a reduced cost; anddownloading the second portion from the second communication bearer.
地址 Espoo FI