Patent ID: 7600031
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for a data acquisition device, the data acquisition device enabled to communicate over an over-the-air (OTA) network and enabled to communicate over a packet switched network, the method comprising: the data acquisition device storing content for transmission to a final storage location; upon encountering a content transfer condition, determining that a size of the content is greater than a predefined size threshold; upon determining that the size of content is greater than the predefined size threshold, performing a lossy compression operation on the content to reduce the size of the content to produce a lossy-compressed content; transmitting the lossy-compressed content, using a packet-switched networking protocol and without transmitting the lossy-compressed content over an OTA network, to a predefined destination for routing to a final storage location; and at a later time, performing a synchronization operation wherein the data acquisition device transmits the content to the final storage location to replace the lossy-compressed content previously transmitted using the packet-switched networking protocol with the content.