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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Stephane Bouet, Tokyo-To, JP;
Stephane Bouet, Tokyo-To, JP;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The invention discloses a method of sending a download status indicatordepicting the status of a data transfer between a sending device and a receiving device. The invention is suitable for use with short range radio communication technologies including Bluetooth short range connection technology. In an embodiment of the invention, the invention is employed within a Bluetooth information Kiosk environment. In the embodiment, a Kioskestablishes a connectionwith a plurality of handheld devices () using the Object Exchange (OBEX) protocol. The download status indicator is estimated, for example, by the Kioskfrom models generated from usage statistics collected from previous data transfers. The download status indicator and related information is sent in an Application Parameters headercomprising of a plurality of triplets and is updated repeatedly in subsequent Application Parameters headers. The download status indicator is represented in picture format and takes the form of, for example, a progress bar displayed on the receiving device depicting the amount of data successfully downloaded.