Patent ID: 8081955
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile device for receiving content through a wireless communication network, the mobile device comprising content management software comprising instructions to: transmit up-to-date quantity information from the mobile device to a content management server via the wireless communication network, wherein the quantity information relates to available memory and identifies a quantity of the content that the mobile device is prepared to receive; receive a select set of the content at the mobile device from the management server via the wireless communication network, wherein the select set of the content received is determined using the quantity information; and repeat at least a plurality of times the instructions to transmit the up-to-date quantity information and receive the select set of content; wherein the content comprises a plurality of items having a plurality of parts, and wherein the content management software contains instructions to organize the plurality of items into content handles, each content handle representing at least one part of one of the plurality of items; wherein the content management software contains instructions to assign a priority to each of the content handles for a particular item of the plurality of items, wherein a first priority is assigned to a first content handle for the particular item and a second priority is assigned to a second content handle for the particular item; and wherein the content management software further contains instructions to sort the content handles according to priority and delete at least some of the content-based on the priority to make room for the select set of content.