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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Vincent Huang, Sollentuna, SE;
Rickard Cöster, Hägersten, SE;
Tony Larsson, Upplands Väsby, SE;
Mona Matti, Nacka, SE;
Subramanian Shivashankar, Chennai, IN;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and devices for pre-buffering one or more content data items to be rendered at a mobile terminal. In a first aspect of the present invention, a mobile terminal () comprises a processing unit () arranged to acquire a probability with which at least one selected content data item of the one or more content data items is to be rendered at the mobile terminal, and to acquire an estimated point in time when the at least one selected content data item is to be rendered at the mobile terminal. Further, the processing unit is arranged to pre-buffer a first selected part of the at least one selected content data item in the mobile terminal such that the first selected part of the at least one selected content data item is ready for rendering at the estimated point in time, the extent of the pre-buffered first selected part being related to the probability with which the at least one selected content data item is to be rendered at the mobile terminal.