Data channel resource optimization for devices in a network

• US 20040001459A1
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Published: 01/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Sprigg, Stephen A., Minear, Brian, Chandhok, Ravinder
• Granted Patent: US 7,472,194 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/34 Selective release of ongoing connections

Abstract

A system, method, and program for optimizing the data channel availability on a computer device through selectively delaying the closing of an open channel on a computer network having expensive bandwidth, such as a cellular telecommunication network. The device has a plurality of device resources that utilize an open channel to communicate across the network, and optimally delays the closing of an open communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource such that other device resources can utilize the open communication channel prior to closure while still minimizing the duration of the expensive open channel.

Claims

1. A system for communication between computer devices on a computer network, comprising:

one or more computer devices that each selectively opens and closes a communication channel to the computer network;

each device including a plurality of device resources that selectively utilize the communication channel to communicate with other devices across the network; and

wherein upon a device selectively opening a communication channel to the network, the device optimally delaying the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource and selectively allowing other device resources to utilize the open channel prior to closure of the channel.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource lasts for a predetermined duration.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the predetermined duration of the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel is reset upon another device resource utilizing the open channel prior to closure of the channel.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel is based upon the specific device resource communicating across the open channel.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the system includes a default predetermined duration of an open channel, and the optimal delay closes the open channel prior to the elapse of the default predetermined duration.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer network is a wireless network.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the wireless network is a cellular telecommunication network.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource is determined based upon device resource usage data.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the device resource usage data is stored on the device.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource is determined based upon device resource usage data stored on the one or more servers.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource is determined at the device.

12. The system of claim 4, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource is determined at the one or more servers.

13. A system for communication between devices on a computer network, comprising:

one or more computer devices each having communication means for selectively opening and closing a communication channel onto the computer network;

each device including a plurality of device resources that selectively utilize the communication channel to communicate with other devices across the network; and

the device further including a delay means for optimally delaying the closing of an open communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource such that other device resources can utilize the open channel for communication across the network prior to closure of the channel.

14. A method for communication between one or more computer devices that each selectively opens and closes a communication channel on a computer network, each device including a plurality of device resources that selectively utilize communication channels to communicate with other devices across the network, the method comprising the steps of:

selectively opening a communication channel from the device to the network;

after cessation of usage of the communication channel by a device resource, optimally delaying the closing of the communication channel; and

selectively allowing other device resources to utilize the open communication channel prior to closure thereof.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of optimally delaying the closing of the communication channel is optimally delaying of the closing of the communication channel after the elapse of a predetermined duration.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of closing the communication channel after elapse of the predetermined optimal duration.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of resetting the predetermined duration of the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel upon another device resource utilizing the open channel prior to closure of the channel.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of optimally delaying the closing of a communication channel is based upon the specific device resource communicating across the open channel.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of optimally delaying of the closing of the communication channel is delaying the closing of the communication channel after the elapse of a default predetermined duration of an open channel, and further comprising the step of closing the open channel prior to the elapse of the default predetermined duration.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein:

the computer network is a wireless network; and

the step of selectively opening a communication channel from the device to the network is selectively opening a communication channel from a wireless device to the wireless network.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein:

the wireless network is a cellular telecommunication network; and

the step of selectively opening a communication channel from the wireless device to the wireless network is selectively opening a communication channel from a cellular device to the cellular telecommunication network.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of optimally delaying the closing of the communication channel is optimally delaying the closing of the communication channel based upon device resource usage data.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising the step of storing the device resource usage data on the device.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of optimally delaying the closing of the communication channel is optimally delaying the closing of the communication channel based upon device resource usage data stored on the one or more servers.

25. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of determining the optimal delay for the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the step of determining the optimal delay for the closing of a communication channel occurs at the device.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein one or more servers are on the computer network, and the step of determining the optimal delay for the closing of a communication channel occurs at the one or more servers.

28. A method for communication between one or more computer devices that each selectively opens and closes a communication channel on a computer network, each device including a plurality of device resources that selectively utilize communication channels to communicate with other devices across the network, the method comprising the steps of:

a communication step for opening a communication channel from the device to the network;

a closure delaying step for optimally delaying the closing of the communication channel after cessation of usage of the communication channel by a device resource; and

an utilization allowance step for selectively allowing other device resources to utilize the open communication channel prior to closure thereof.

29. A computer device that selectively opens and closes a communication channel onto a computer network, the device including a plurality of device resources that selectively utilize the communication channel to communicate with other devices across the network, and wherein upon the device selectively opening a communication channel, the device optimally delaying the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource and selectively allowing other device resources to utilize the open channel prior to closure of the channel.

30. The device of claim 29, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource lasts for a predetermined duration.

31. The device of claim 30, wherein the predetermined duration of the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel is reset upon another device resource utilizing the open channel prior to closure of the channel.

32. The device of claim 30, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel is based upon the specific device resource communicating across the open channel.

33. The device of claim 32, wherein the device includes a default predetermined duration of an open channel, and the optimal delay closes the open channel prior to the elapse of the default predetermined duration.

34. The device of claim 29, wherein the device selectively communicates with one or more servers across the network.

35. The device of claim 29, wherein the device includes wireless communication capabilities.

36. The device of claim 35, wherein the device is a cellular telecommunication device.

37. The device of claim 30, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource is determined based upon device resource usage data.

38. The device of claim 37, wherein the device resource usage data is stored on the device.

39. The device of claim 38, wherein the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource is determined at the device based upon the stored device resource usage data.

40. The device of claim 29, wherein the device receives an external command to set the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel after cessation of usage thereof by a device resource.

41. In a computer readable medium, a program that directs a computer device that each selectively opens and closes a communication channel on a computer network, the device including a plurality of device resources that selectively utilize communication channels to communicate with other devices across the network, to perform the steps of:

selectively opening a communication channel from the device to the network;

after cessation of usage of the communication channel by a device resource, optimally delaying the closing of the communication channel; and

selectively allowing other device resources to utilize the open communication channel prior to closure thereof.

42. The program of claim 41, wherein the program directs the device to perform the step of closing of the communication channel after the elapse of a predetermined duration.

43. The program of claim 41, further directing the device to perform the step of resetting the predetermined duration of the optimal delay of the closing of a communication channel upon another device resource utilizing the open channel prior to closure of the channel.

44. The program of claim 42, wherein the step of closing the communication channel is based upon the specific device resource communicating across the open channel.

46. The program of claim 41, further directing the device to perform the step of transmitting device resource usage data to another device across the network.

47. The program of claim 41, further directing the device to perform the step of storing device resource usage data.

48. The program of claim 47, further directing the device to perform the step of transmitting stored device resource usage data to another device across the network.

49. The program of claim 47, further directing the device to perform the step of determining the optimal delay for the closing of a communication channel based upon the stored device resource usage data.

45. The program of claim 45, wherein the step of closing the communication channel is closing the communication channel after elapse of a default predetermined duration, and the program further directing the device to perform the step of closing the open channel prior to the elapse of the default predetermined duration.