METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRESSIVE DELIVERY AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF DISCRETE CONTENT IN RICH MEDIA SERVICES

摘要

A method for authoring and sending from a network element and receiving at a mobile device, rich media, the sending having the steps of checking whether the rich media includes discrete content; if yes, sending a low resolution verison of the discrete content with the rich media; and subsequently sending a higher resolution version of the rich media. The receiving having the steps of receiving a low resolution version of the discrete content in the rich media; rendering the rich media; receiving a higher resolution fragment of the discrete content; and incrementally applying the higher resolution fragments to the low resolution version of the discrete content.