Providing digital content usability for a mobile device user
View Patent ↗A method, system, and medium are provided for ensuring usability of digital content on a mobile device. In exemplary aspects, digital content on a mobile device is rendered unusable, such as where a download is interrupted. The usability of the digital content is automatically restored to the mobile device without user intervention. In situations in which the mobile device is unavailable, digital content might be restored to an alternative mobile device and an advisory notification might be communicated.
1. A method of restoring a usability of digital content to a mobile device, the method comprising:
detecting a motion event of said mobile device, wherein said motion event relates to a motion experienced by said mobile device and exceeds a severity threshold;
communicating a diagnosis request to a server, which results in a determination as to whether any digital content associated with said mobile device is unusable, wherein the determination includes a comparison of usable digital content stored on the mobile device to a list of known digital content associated with the mobile device; and
when said server determines that at least a portion of said any digital content is unusable, said portion comprising a digital-content portion, automatically restoring usability of said digital-content portion without user intervention.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said motion event comprises one or more of an impact, an acceleration, and a deceleration.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said any digital content associated with said mobile device comprises digital content that should be stored on said mobile device.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said any digital content associated with said mobile device comprises digital content that was downloading to said mobile device when said motion event was experienced.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said mobile device comprises an accelerometer, which detects said motion event.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said determination comprises said server executing a diagnostic scan of said mobile device.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said list of known digital content associated with said mobile device is stored in a wireless backup system.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein said digital-content portion is unusable because transmission was interrupted.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein said digital-content portion is unusable because said digital-content portion is corrupted.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein said automatically restoring comprises one or more of:
receiving a usable version of said digital-content portion; and
restoring a setting on said mobile device that enables said usability of said mobile device.
11. Non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-useable instructions thereon for performing a method of restoring a usability of digital content to a mobile device, the method comprising:
measuring a motion-event parameter that describes a motion event experienced by the mobile device;
comparing the motion-event parameter to a severity threshold to determine that the motion-event parameter exceeds the severity threshold;
transmitting to a server a notification, which indicates the mobile device experienced the motion event, and a list of usable digital content stored on the mobile device, wherein the list of usable digital content includes a set of digital content, wherein the notification and the list are transmitted when the motion-event parameter exceeds the severity threshold, and wherein the notification and the list are not transmitted when the motion-event parameter does not exceed the severity threshold; and
receiving from the server an item of digital content item that was associated with the mobile device before the motion event and that is not included in the set of digital content included in the list of usable digital content.
12. The media of claim 11 wherein said motion event comprises one or more of an impact, an acceleration, and a deceleration.
13. The media of claim 11 wherein the item of digital content that was associated with the mobile device comprises digital content that was downloading to said mobile device when said motion event was experienced.
14. The media of claim 11 wherein said mobile device comprises an accelerometer, which detects said motion event.
15. The media of claim 11 wherein the item of digital content is not included in the list of usable digital content because transmission was interrupted when the item of digital content was downloading to the mobile device.
16. Non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-useable instructions thereon for performing a method of restoring a usability of digital content to a mobile device, the method comprising:
detecting a motion event experienced by the mobile device, which includes a set of digital content;
in response to the motion event, automatically transmitting to a server a notification, which indicates the mobile device experienced the motion event;
receiving from the server a diagnostic scan that is executed by the mobile device and that deems an item of digital content included in the set of digital content to be not usable;
transmitting another notification to the server indicating that the item of digital content is not usable; and
receiving from the server a restoration of the item of digital content that was included in the set of digital content and that was deemed not usable by the diagnostic scan.
17. The media of claim 16 wherein said motion event comprises one or more of an impact, an acceleration, and a deceleration.
18. The media of claim 16 wherein said mobile device comprises an accelerometer, which detects said motion event.
19. The media of claim 16 wherein receiving a restoration of the item of digital content includes receiving a usable version of the item of digital content.