Estimation of missed information

• US 10,021,211 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2013
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Hirose, Haruto
• Primary Examiner(s): Sison, June
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, STEVEN C
• Application Number:
  US14/346,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20150296038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,887 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/288 Distributed intermediate devices, i.e. intermediate devices for interaction with other intermediate devices on the same level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable

Abstract

A method performed under control of a cloud system including a first proxy terminal may include connecting the first proxy terminal with a first end device, receiving, from the first end device, a first information regarding the first end device, and estimating a second information regarding the first end device based at least in part on the first information regarding the first end device. The estimating is performed when the first end device is disconnected from the first proxy terminal.

Claims

1. A method performed under control of a cloud computing system that includes a first proxy terminal and a second proxy terminal, the method comprising:

connecting the first proxy terminal with a first end device;

connecting the second proxy terminal with a second end device;

receiving, by the cloud computing system, from the first end device, first information regarding the first end device;

responsive to a determination that the first end device is disconnected from the first proxy terminal, estimating second information, by the cloud computing system, regarding the first end device based, at least in part, on the first information regarding the first end device,

wherein the second information includes information regarding the first end device missed while the first end device is disconnected from the first proxy terminal, and

wherein both the first information regarding the first end device and the second information regarding the first end device include at least one of global positioning system (GPS) information of the first end device, network usage information of the first end device, and device usage information of the first end device;

receiving, by the cloud computing system, from the second end device, first information regarding the second end device; and

estimating, by the cloud computing system, second information regarding the second end device based, at least in part, on;

the first information regarding the second end device after disconnection of the second end device from the second proxy terminal, and

the first information regarding the first end device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the first end device, a request to connect to the first proxy terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the first information regarding the first end device and the second information regarding the first end device in a database of the first proxy terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the cloud computing system is connected to a network, and wherein the first end device is connected to the network through the first proxy terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the network includes an Internet.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the network usage information of the first end device includes uniform resource locator (URL) or internet protocol (IP) address of a website accessed by the first end device, or IP address of another end device with which the first end device communicates through a network.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the device usage information of the first end device includes an acceleration sensor data of the first end device, liquid crystal brightness values of the first end device, and camera usage record of the first end device.

6. A proxy terminal included in a cloud computing system, the proxy terminal comprising:

a processor, in communication with a memory that stores instructions, configured to execute the instructions to provide;

a communication unit configured to connect to an end device;

a receiver unit configured to receive, from the end device, first information regarding the end device; and

an information estimation unit configured to, responsive to a determination that the end device is disconnected from the proxy terminal, estimate second information regarding the end device based, at least in part, on;

the first information regarding the end device, and

information regarding another end device that is connected to another proxy terminal included in the cloud computing system,

wherein the second information regarding the end device includes information regarding the end device missed while the end device is disconnected from the proxy terminal, and

wherein both of the first information regarding the end device and the second information regarding the end device include at least one of global positioning system (GPS) information of the end device, network usage information of the end device, and device usage information of the end device; and

a database configured to store the first information regarding the end device and the second information regarding the end device.

7. The proxy terminal of claim 6, wherein the cloud computing system further includes an information analysis server that is configured to estimate the second information regarding the end device based, at least in part, on the first information regarding the end device after disconnection of the end device from the proxy terminal.

8. The proxy terminal of claim 7, wherein the information analysis server is further configured to estimate the second information regarding the end device based, at least in part, on the information regarding the other end device that is connected to the other proxy terminal included in the cloud computing system.

9. The proxy terminal of claim 6, wherein the receiver unit is further configured to receive, from the end device, a request to connect to the proxy terminal.

10. The proxy terminal of claim 6, wherein the communication unit is further configured to connect to a network, and wherein the end device is connected to the network through the communication unit of the proxy terminal.

11. The proxy terminal of claim 10, wherein the network includes an Internet.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a cloud computing system, that includes a first proxy terminal and a second proxy terminal, to perform or control performance of operations to:

connect the first proxy terminal with a first end device;

connect the second proxy terminal with a second end device;

obtain, by the cloud computing system, from the first end device, first information regarding the first end device;

responsive to a determination that the first end device is disconnected from the first proxy terminal, estimate second information, by the cloud computing system, regarding the first end device based, at least in part, on the first information regarding the first end device,

wherein the second information includes information regarding the first end device missed while the first end device is disconnected from the first proxy terminal, and

wherein both the first information regarding the first end device and the second information regarding the first end device include at least one of global positioning system (GPS) information of the first end device, network usage information of the first end device, and device usage information of the first end device;

obtain by the cloud computing system, from the second end device, first information regarding the second end device; and

estimate, by the cloud computing system, second information regarding the second end device based, at least in part, on;

the first information regarding the second end device after disconnection of the second end device from the second proxy terminal, and

the first information regarding the first end device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the cloud computing system is connected to a network, and wherein the first end device is connected to the network through the first proxy terminal.