US 12,137,391 B2
Terminal device, management server, communication system
Yousuke Kikuchi, Tokyo (JP); Masahiro Daikoku, Tokyo (JP); and Keisuke Tsuji, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to KDDI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KDDI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,013.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-019839 (JP), filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256311 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [H04W 4/44 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal device configured to communicate with a management server through a network in association with a vehicle, comprising:
one or more memories that store a set of instructions; and
one or more processors that execute the instructions to:
acquire speed information representing a moving speed of the vehicle and position information representing a position of the terminal device;
determine whether the position information represents the position located in a specific area which is determined in advance;
download content from the management server when the position information indicates the position included in the specific area;
receive from the management server content information representing a capacity of the content downloadable from the management server and an estimated throughput when downloading the content; and
download the content corresponding to the content information according to a predetermined condition relating to a relationship between the capacity of the content and a result of multiplying the estimated throughput and an estimated moving time for the vehicle to move out of the specific area at the moving speed of the vehicle indicated by the speed information.