User profile-based wireless device system level management

• US 10,476,734 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2018
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC), Regents of the University of California (University of California)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Potkonjak, Miodrag
• Primary Examiner(s): Jacobs, Lashonda T
• Application Number:
  US16/180,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20190075010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 372 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/02 Standardisation; Integration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/00 Local resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Techniques for user profile-based system level management (SLM) and creation of system level agreements of a wireless device are generally disclosed. In some examples, a predictor may be provided to predict a future task to be performed by a wireless device, including resource requirements, based at least in part on a profile of a user and at least one of a profile of a communication partner the user, an operational recommendation, a performance model or a current state. An optimizer/analyzer may be provided to generate a plurality of instructions to configure the wireless device, based at least in part on the predicted future task and resource requirement, and a quality of service requirement of the wireless device, in anticipation of having to perform the predicted task. In various examples, the predictor and the optimizer/analyzer may form a local or a remotely disposed system level manager.

Claims

1. A method to manage a wireless device in a wireless environment, the method comprising:

determining a current task and system status for the wireless device;

determining a profile associated with the wireless device;

predicting a task to be performed by the wireless device based at least on the current task and system status and the profile associated with the wireless device;

determining a resource requirement associated with the predicted task, wherein the resource requirement associated with the predicted task comprises one or more of a processor cycle requirement, a caching resource requirement, a transmit-receive resource requirement, or a quality of service requirement;

generating a set of instructions to configure the wireless device based at least on the predicted task and the determined resource requirement associated with the predicted task; and

providing the generated set of instructions to the operating system of the wireless device to manage and allocate resources of the wireless device to perform the predicted task.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the profile associated with the wireless device comprises:

determining one or more of statistical, probabilistic, and heuristic information associated with a probability that the predicted task is to be initiated or terminated at a particular time based on one or more of a user profile for the user of the wireless device or a communication partner profile for a communication partner that interacts with the user through the wireless device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user profile comprises one or more of a habit or a preference of the user associated with invoked tasks and properties of invoked tasks.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the invoked tasks comprise one or more of sent emails, received emails, initiated voice calls, received voice calls, sent instant messages, received instant messages, invoked games, accessed web sites, downloaded movies, downloaded files, or downloaded music, and properties of the invoked tasks comprise one or more of a size, a duration, a rate of arrival, or a rate of invocation.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the communication partner profile comprises one or more of a habit or a preference of the communication partner associated with invoked tasks and properties of invoked tasks in interacting with the user.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the quality of service requirement associated with the predicted task comprises one or more of a latency, a throughput, a resolution, a security, or a privacy.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the profile associated with the wireless device comprises:

determining one or more of a habit or a preference of the user associated with invoked tasks unconditional or conditional on a time, a location, a mobility pattern, a local event, or a global event associated with a user of the wireless device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the current task and system status for the wireless device comprises:

determining one or more of a latency of the current task, an available energy to the wireless device, a temperature of a subset of components of the wireless device, a network communication parameter, or an ambient light level.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein predicting the task to be performed by the wireless device further comprises:

predicting the task to be performed by the wireless device based at least on one or more operational recommendations associated with the wireless device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the operational recommendations associated with the wireless device comprise one or more of display resolution recommendations, communication modulation recommendations, error correction code recommendations, and packet size recommendations.

11. A method to manage wireless devices in a wireless environment, the method comprising:

receiving a current task and system status for a wireless device at a remote computing device, wherein the remote computing device manages a plurality of wireless devices;

receiving a profile associated with the wireless device at the remote computing device;

predicting a task to be performed by the wireless device based at least on the current task and system status and the profile associated with the wireless device;

determining a resource requirement associated with the predicted task, wherein the resource requirement associated with the predicted task comprises one or more of a processor cycle requirement, a caching resource requirement, a transmit-receive resource requirement, or a quality of service requirement;

generating a set of instructions to configure the wireless device based at least on the predicted task and the determined resource requirement associated with the predicted task; and

transmitting the generated set of instructions from the remote computing device to the wireless device for an operating system of the wireless device to manage and allocate resources of the wireless device to perform the predicted task.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving the profile associated with the wireless device comprises:

receiving one or more of statistical, probabilistic, and heuristic information associated with a probability that the predicted task is to be initiated or terminated at a particular time based on one or more of a user profile for the user of the wireless device or a communication partner profile for a communication partner that interacts with the user through the wireless device, wherein the user profile and the communication partner profile comprise one or more of a habit or a preference of, respectively, the user and the communication partner associated with invoked tasks and properties of invoked tasks.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein predicting the task to be performed by the wireless device further comprises:

predicting the task to be performed by the wireless device based at least on an operational recommendation and a performance model associated with the wireless device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the operational recommendation associated with the wireless device comprises one or more of display resolution recommendations, communication modulation recommendations, error correction code recommendations, and packet size recommendations, and wherein the performance model comprises one or more of a signal-to-noise ratio model, a reception rate model, an interference model, a current traffic congestion model, an expected traffic congestion model, a wireless device temperature model, or an energy consumption model for the wireless device.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein generating the set of instructions to configure the wireless device comprises:

optimizing one or more operational parameters for the wireless device; and

generating the set of instructions based on the optimized one or more operational parameters for the wireless device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein generating the optimized one or more operational parameters for the wireless device comprise a hardware configuration, a software configuration, a hardware component selection, a software component selection, an algorithm selection, a policy selection, or a protocol selection.

17. A computing device to manage wireless devices in a wireless environment, the computing device comprising:

a network interface configured to facilitate communication with the wireless devices and other computing devices;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor coupled to the network interface, and the memory, the processor, in conjunction with the instruction stored in the memory, configured to;

receive a current task and system status for a wireless device;

receive a profile associated with the wireless device, the profile comprising one or more of statistical, probabilistic, and heuristic information associated with a probability that the predicted task is to be initiated or terminated at a particular time based on one or more of a user profile for the user of the wireless device or a communication partner profile for a communication partner that interacts with the user through the wireless device;

predict a task to be performed by the wireless device based at least on the current task and system status and the profile associated with the wireless device;

determine a resource requirement associated with the predicted task, wherein the resource requirement associated with the predicted task comprises one or more of a processor cycle requirement, a caching resource requirement, a transmit-receive resource requirement, or a quality of service requirement;

generate a set of configuration instructions to configure the wireless device based at least on the predicted task and the determined resource requirement associated with the predicted task; and

transmit the generated set of instructions through the network interface to the wireless device for an operating system of the wireless device to manage and allocate resources of the wireless device to perform the predicted task.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

optimize one or more operational parameters associated with associated with one or more of an operational voltage of the wireless device, a buffer allocation for the wireless device, one or more policies associated with an operation of the wireless device, and one or more protocols associated with the operation of the wireless device; and

generate the set of instructions based on the optimized one or more operational parameters for the wireless device.

19. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the communication partner is a network service provider and the communication partner profile includes information associated with one or more of voice communication, text exchange, or data exchange via the wireless device over one or more networks serviced by the network service provider.

20. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

inform a user associated with the wireless device about the generated set of instructions through a display of the wireless device; and

allow the user associated with the wireless device to overwrite the generated set of instructions through an input user interface.