Patent ID: 7743344
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring the use of client capacity of a mobile device when providing media contents to a user wherein the media contents are contained as subjects that are organized in a media package structure, the media package structure identifying a current media subject, a plurality of other media subjects, and a navigation path having at least three directions from the current media subject to the plurality of other media subjects, and wherein a user can navigate the media package structure in order to consume the subjects, the method comprising: defining at least two modes of navigation of the mobile device, including a first continuous navigation mode involving movement, via navigation keys of the mobile device, from a current media subject to subjects being located adjacent to the current media subject in the media package structure, and a second discontinuous navigation mode involving movement, via a pointing device, between arbitrary subjects in the media package structure; determining a mode of navigation the user is currently using to be: configuring the utilization of client capacity by identifying subjects in the media structure the user is more likely to consume based on the mode of navigation the user is currently using; and caching the identified subjects in the mobile device.