Systems and methods for direct dispatching of mobile messages

• US 10,412,040 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2015
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Dayan, Tal, Manolache, Doru Costin, Jhanb, Subir, Nerieri, Francesco
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kassa, Elizabeth
• Application Number:
  US14/977,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20160234154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,359 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• 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 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

In an example implementation of the disclosed technology, a method includes predicting, by a computing device, a destination server that is predicted to be the destination of a message from a sending device connected to the computing device. The method also includes determining whether a connection exists between the computing device and the destination server. The method also includes, responsive to determining that no connection exists, determining a connection and caching the connection at the computing device. The method also includes, responsive to receiving a message for dispatch to the destination server, dispatching the message to the destination server via the connection.

Claims

1. A method to avoid establishing a number of connections with destination servers, comprising:

predicting, at a computing device, a plurality of destination servers that are destinations for mobile messages based on historical data, wherein the computing device dispatches the mobile messages;

responsive to predicting the plurality of destination servers, determining, by the computing device, whether a first connection between the computing device and a first destination server of the plurality of destination servers is cached at the computing device;

responsive to determining no first connection between the computing device and the first destination server is cached at the computing device, determining the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server;

caching, at a connection cache of the computing device, the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server; and

responsive to receiving, at the computing device, a first message for dispatch to the destination server, dispatching the first message via the cached connection.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to determining the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server, deleting, from the connection cache, a second connection between the computing device and a second destination server, wherein the second destination server is different from the first destination server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server further comprises establishing the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server further comprises dispatching a dummy message from the computing device to the first destination server.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

caching, at the connection cache of the computing device, a plurality of connections between the computing device and the plurality of destination servers; and

deleting, at a predetermined interval, at least one of the plurality of connections between the computing device and the plurality of destination servers.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is configured to monitor an address assignment of the first destination server and, upon determination of a change in the address assignment, create a new connection between the computing device and the first destination server, wherein the new connection is different from the first connection.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein dispatching the message from the computing device when the first connection is caches has a lower latency than when the first connection is not caches.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical data describes which of a plurality of servers was previously a destination for the mobile messages and wherein the plurality of servers includes the plurality of destination servers.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium to avoid establishing a number of connections with destination servers by storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computing device to:

predict a plurality of destination servers that are destinations for mobile messages based on historical data, wherein the computing device dispatches the mobile messages;

responsive to predicting the plurality of destination servers, determine whether a first connection between the computing device and a first destination server of the plurality of destination servers is cached at the computing device;

responsive to determining no first connection between the computing device and the first destination server is cached at the computing device, determine the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server;

cache, at a connection cache of the computing device, the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server; and

responsive to receiving, at the computing device, a first message for dispatch to the first destination server, dispatch the first message via the cached connection.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, further storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, further cause the computing device to:

responsive to determining the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server, delete, from the connection cache, a second connection between the computing device and a second destination server, wherein the second destination server is different from the first destination server.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein determining the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server further comprises establishing the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein determining the first connection between the computing device and the first destination server further comprises dispatching a dummy message from the computing device to the first destination server.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 7 further storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, further cause the first computing device to:

cache, at the connection cache of the computing device, a plurality of connections between the computing device and the plurality of destination servers; and

delete, at a predetermined interval, at least one of the plurality of connections between the computing device and the plurality of destination servers.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the computing device is configured to monitor an address assignment of the first destination server and, upon determination of a change in the address assignment, create a new connection between the computing device and the first destination server, wherein the new connection is different from the first connection.

13. A system to avoid establishing a number of connections with destination servers, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to;

predict a plurality of destination servers that are destinations for mobile messages based on historical data, wherein to the system dispatches mobile messages;

responsive to predicting the plurality of destination servers, determine whether a first connection between the system and a first destination server of the plurality of destination servers is established;

responsive to determining that the first connection is not established between the system and the first destination server, establish the first connection between the system and the first destination server;

cache, at a connection cache of the system, the first connection between the system and the first destination server; and

responsive to receiving, at the system, a first message for dispatch to the first destination server, dispatch the first message via the connection cache.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the memory further stores instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, further cause the system to:

responsive to determining the first connection between the system and the first destination server, delete, from the connection cache, a second connection between the system and a second destination server, wherein the second destination server is different from the first destination server.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the first connection is TCP/IP based.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein determining the first connection between the system and the destination server further comprises dispatching a dummy message from the system to the first destination server.

17. The system of claim 13 further storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, further cause the system to:

cache, at the connection cache of the system, a plurality of connections between the system and the plurality of destination servers; and

delete, at a predetermined interval, at least one of the plurality of connections between the system and the plurality of destination servers.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is configured to monitor an address assignment of the first destination server and, upon determination of a change in the address assignment, create a new connection between the system and the first destination server, wherein the new connection is different from the first connection.