Predictive management of offline storage content for mobile applications and optimized network usage for mobile devices

• US 10,033,784 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2014
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kaplinger, Todd E, Polozoff, Alexandre, Quirk, Aaron J., Sun, Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): Taylor, Nicholas R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pena-Santana, Tania M
• Application Number:
  US14/330,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for controlling one or more media files in a mobile device. The system predicts a future usage of the media files. The system ranks each media file according to a likelihood that the each media file is processed at a time and a location associated with the predicted future usages. The system preemptively downloads the media files to a local data storage device of the mobile device, according to the ranking. There are also provided a system, a method and a computer program product for using one or more networks for a mobile device. The mobile device downloads an amount of data while the mobile device is connected to the first pre-determined wireless network. The mobile device configures certain applications in the mobile device to use the second pre-determined wireless network.

Claims

1. A method for controlling one or more media files in a mobile device of a user, the method comprising:

predicting a future usage of the media files at said mobile device, said predicting based on a history or pattern of the user'"'"'s past media files usage, a future usage including a time of day in which the preemptively downloaded media file is to be processed and a pre-determined time duration for consuming said media file at said mobile device;

ranking each media file according to a likelihood that the each media file is to be consumed at a time and a location associated with the predicted future usage, said ranking comprising;

for each media file that predicts subsequent media file usage activity of the user;

computing one or more sub-rankings of events (R_f) associated with the media file, at least one sub-ranking computed according to;

R_f=F×

(1/T_d),

where T_d is a time duration between an event and a target time at which said media file is to be consumed and F is a multiplication factor of the corresponding event assigned based on said history or pattern of the user'"'"'s social media contact'"'"'s past media files usage; and

conducting a social media analysis of the user'"'"'s social media contacts, wherein an assigned multiplication factor is a value based on events relating to a user'"'"'s social media contact'"'"'s usage of the media file, said events comprising;

a user'"'"'s social media contact selecting an exact media file as the user or selecting a similar media file as the user, or the user'"'"'s social media contact not selecting the exact media file as the user or not selecting a similar media file as the user; and

summing said one or more computed sub-rankings of events associated with the media file to obtain a ranking value;

preemptively downloading the media files to a local data storage device of the mobile device according to the ranking value, said media file being downloaded via a wireless WiFi communications network connection for storage at said mobile device, an amount of media files downloaded via said WiFi connection to the local data storage device of the mobile device to satisfy the pre-determined time duration associated with the predicted future usage; and

consuming, by the mobile device, the preemptively downloaded media file at the time in which the preemptively downloaded media file is to be processed and the current location of the mobile device associated with the predicted future usage, said mobile device not connected to said wireless WiFi network while consuming said media file during said pre-determined time duration.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predicting is further based on one or more of:

records of consuming media files by the user'"'"'s social network contacts.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the preemptively downloading comprises:

initiating a background process, in the mobile device, in a range of a first pre-determined network, the initiated background process performing the downloading the media files into the local data storage.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing comprises:

making the preemptively downloaded media files be available for consumption when the mobile device enters a second pre-determined network, said second pre-determined network type a higher usage cost network.

5. A system for controlling one or more media files in a mobile device of a user, the system comprising:

a memory device;

a processor connected to the memory device,

wherein the processor is configured to perform;

predicting a future usage of the media files, said predicting based on a history or pattern of the user'"'"'s past media files usage, a future usage including a time of day in which the preemptively downloaded media file is to be processed and a pre-determined time duration for consuming said media file at said mobile device;

ranking each media file according to a likelihood that the each media file is to be consumed at a time and a location associated with the predicted future usage, said ranking comprising;

for each media file that predicts subsequent media file usage activity of the user;

computing one or more sub-rankings of events (R_f) associated with the media file, at least one sub-ranking computed according to;

R_f=F×

(1/T_d),

where T_d is a time duration between an event and a target time at which said media file is to be consumed and F is a multiplication factor of the corresponding event assigned based on said history or pattern of the user'"'"'s social media contact'"'"'s past media files usage; and

conducting a social media analysis of the user'"'"'s social media contacts, wherein an assigned multiplication factor is a value based on events relating to a user'"'"'s social media contact'"'"'s usage of the media file, said events comprising;

a user'"'"'s social media contact selecting an exact media file as the user or selecting a similar media file as the user, or the user'"'"'s social media contact not selecting the exact media file as the user or not selecting a similar media file as the user; and

summing said one or more computed sub-rankings of events associated with the media file to obtain a ranking value;

preemptively downloading the media files to a local data storage device of the mobile device according to the ranking value, said media file being downloaded via a wireless WiFi communications network connection for storage at said mobile device, an amount of media files downloaded via said WiFi connection to the local data storage device of the mobile device to satisfy the pre-determined time duration associated with the predicted future usage; and

consuming, by the mobile device, the preemptively downloaded media file at the time and the location associated with the predicted future usage, said mobile device not connected to said wireless WiFi network while consuming said media file during said pre-determined time duration.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the predicting is further based on:

records of consuming media files by the user'"'"'s social network contacts.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to:

make the preemptively downloaded media files be available for consumption when the mobile device enters a second pre-determined network, said second pre-determined network type a higher usage cost network.

8. A computer program product for controlling one or more media files in a mobile device of a user, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium, the computer readable storage medium excluding a propagating signal, the computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions run by the processing circuit for performing a method, said method comprising:

predicting a future usage of the media files, said predicting based on a history or pattern of the user'"'"'s past media files usage, a future usage including a time of day in which the preemptively downloaded media file is to be processed and a pre-determined time duration for consuming said media file at said mobile device;

ranking each media file according to a likelihood that the each media file is to be consumed at a time and a location associated with the predicted future usage, said ranking comprising;

for each media file that predicts subsequent media file usage activity of the user;

computing one or more sub-rankings of events (R_f) associated with the media file, at least one sub-ranking computed according to;

R_f=F×

(1/T_d),

where T_d is a time duration between an event and a target time at which said media file is to be consumed and F is a multiplication factor of the corresponding event assigned based on said history or pattern of the user'"'"'s social media contact'"'"'s past media files usage; and

conducting a social media analysis of the user'"'"'s social media contacts, wherein an assigned multiplication factor is a value based on events relating to a user'"'"'s social media contact'"'"'s usage of the media file, said events comprising;

a user'"'"'s social media contact selecting an exact media file as the user or selecting a similar media file as the user, or the user'"'"'s social media contact not selecting the exact media file as the user or not selecting a similar media file as the user; and

summing said one or more computed sub-rankings of events associated with the media file to obtain a ranking value;

preemptively downloading the media files to a local data storage device of the mobile device according to the ranking value, said media file being downloaded via a wireless WiFi communications network connection for storage at said mobile device, wherein an amount of media files is preemptively downloaded to a local data storage device of the mobile device to satisfy the pre-determined time duration associated with the predicted future usage.