Patent ID: 8014759
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of managing multimedia content on a mobile device, the method comprising: generating a play list of multimedia content including one or more multimedia programs for download to the mobile device; receiving the one or more multimedia programs from a multimedia source in accordance with the play list; storing the one or more multimedia programs in a memory of the mobile device; updating management information when the multimedia content is reproduced at the mobile device, said updating comprising recording a status of the one or more multimedia programs as fully or partially reproduced; determining a size of data reproduced at the mobile device based on the management information; preparing a transfer plan based on a coding system of the one or more multimedia programs, including determining reference points for the partially reproduced programs such that playback of the partially reproduced programs can proceed from the reference points and the reference points provide an overlap with a portion of the partially reproduced multimedia programs already reproduced at the mobile device; and transferring additional multimedia content from the multimedia source to the mobile device in accordance with the transfer plan, wherein each fully reproduced multimedia program is erased and a portion of each partially reproduced program is erased up to its corresponding reference point, and wherein a size of the multimedia content transferred is determined based on the size of the data reproduced at the mobile device.