Method and system to support scalable application level communication between mobile device and a centralized application server

• US 20080132175A1
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TTI Inventions D LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: TTI Inventions D LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Falchuk, Benjamin, Loeb, Shoshana K.
• Application Number:
  US11/978,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20080132175A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/68
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability

Abstract

A method and apparatus for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server. The method comprises generating local information for transmission, forwarding the local information to a filter, determining a local information type, filtering the local information based upon a preset filter criterion corresponding to the local information; and transmitting the filtered local information.

Claims

1. A method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server, the method comprising the steps of:

generating local information for transmission;

forwarding the local information to a filter;

determining a local information type;

filtering the local information based upon a preset filter criterion corresponding to the local information type; and

transmitting the filtered local information.

2. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

determining if a preset filter criterion is set for the type of local information.

3. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

determining the preset filter criterion.

4. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 3, wherein said determining of the preset filter criterion is performed at the server and the server transmits said preset filter criterion to the user equipment.

5. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

determining if the filtered local information includes any information.

6. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 4, further comprising the step of:

storing the preset filter criterion in the server.

7. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, wherein the preset filter criterion is content based.

8. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, wherein the preset filter criterion is time based.

9. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, wherein the preset filter criterion is content and time based.

10. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, further comprising the step of storing the filtered local information.

11. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, wherein the preset filter criterion is periodically updated.

12. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

transmitting a customized response to the filtered local information.

13. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

updating the preset filter criterion upon receipt of the filtered local information.

20. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, wherein the preset filter criterion is application specific and said method further comprising the steps of:

determining a source application for the local information;

determining if the preset filter criterion applies for said determining a source application; and

filtering the local information based upon said determining if the filter criteria applies.

21. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, wherein the local information is a photograph and the preset filter criterion is a characteristic of the photograph.

22. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, wherein the local information is a list of current applications running at said user equipment.

23. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, wherein the local information is biometric data and the preset filter criterion is a characteristic of the biometric data.

24. The method for limiting an amount of information transmitted between user equipment and a server according to claim 1, wherein the local information is all detected wireless access points and the preset filter criterion is a characteristic of each detected wireless access point.

14. A user equipment used for wireless communication comprising:

application components that generate application data and local information for transmission to a server;

a message formation section for creating and formatting outgoing messages, including a local information message for transmission;

a storage section for storing application data, local information, and preset filter criterion;

a filter for filtering the local information message based upon the preset filter criterion; and

a wireless transceiver for transmitting the filtered local information message and for receiving including the preset filter criterion and updates.

15. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein said filter controls a size of the local information message.

16. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein said filter controls a frequency of transmission of the local information message.

17. The user equipment of claim 14, wherein the preset filter criterion is received from a network server.

18. A networked artifact functioning as a wireless server comprising;

an application section for generating service information and preset filter criterion for user equipment and for the wireless server;

a message formation section for creating and formatting messages, including an initial preset filter message and periodic update filter message for transmission;

a storage section for storing application data and all filter criterion for user equipment and for the wireless server and local information from the user equipment;

a filter for filtering information sent to the user equipment based upon the stored preset filter criterion; and

a wireless transceiver for transmitting the filtered localinformation, the initial preset filter message and the periodic update filter message and for receiving the localinformation from the user equipment.

19. The network artifact of claim 18, wherein said application section generates service information based upon the local information received from the user equipment.