MANAGING DATA DELIVERY BASED ON DEVICE STATE

• US 20090327390A1
• Filed: 06/27/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Miller, John Mark, Tran, Anh P., Moore, Lloyd Alfred, Elliott, Steven Oliver
• Granted Patent: US 8,112,475 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4893 taking into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2212/00 Encapsulation of packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0212 managed by the network, e.g. network or access point is master and terminal is slave
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Managing power-consuming resources on a first computing device by adjusting data delivery from a plurality of second computing devices based on a state of the first computing device. The state of the first computing device is provided to the second computing devices to alter the data delivery. In some embodiments, the first computing device provides the second computing devices with actions or commands relating to data delivery based on the device state. For example, the second computing devices are instructed to store the data, forward the data, forward only high priority data, or perform other actions. Managing the data delivery from the second computing devices preserves battery life of the first computing device.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components for managing power-consuming resources associated with a mobile device, said components comprising:

a subscription component for receiving, from a server, a selection of one or more parameters from a plurality of parameters, said plurality of parameters corresponding to conditions associated with the mobile device;

a memory component for storing a correspondence between each of the conditions and one or more actions;

a state component for determining parameter values associated with the selection of the one or more parameters received by the subscription component; and

a management component for;

identifying the actions corresponding to the determined parameter values based on the correspondence stored by the memory component;

providing the identified actions to the server, wherein the server alters a scheduled transmission of data from the server to the mobile device to manage power-consuming resources of the mobile device.

2. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the management component provides the identified actions to the server to alter one or more of the following associated with the scheduled transmission of data:

an activation time, a data type, a data speed, a bandwidth, and a protocol.

3. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the management component provides one or more of the following commands to the server:

store, forward limited, forward normal, and forward all.

4. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the management component provides the identified actions to the server using an application layer protocol over an established connection between the mobile device and the server.

5. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the management component provides the identified actions to the server as recommended actions, and further provides the determined parameter values to the server to indicate the corresponding conditions associated with the mobile device.

6. A system for managing data delivery based on device state, said system comprising:

a memory area associated with a first computing device, said memory area storing schedules for sending data from a second computing device to the first computing device, said schedules being received by the first computing device from the second computing device, said memory area further storing a correspondence between conditions of the first computing device and settings for sending the data; and

a processor programmed to;

determine resource data for the first computing device, said determined resource data corresponding to at least one of the conditions;

access the memory area as a function of the at least one of the conditions to identify the corresponding settings;

apply the identified settings to one or more of the schedules stored in the memory area to adjust the schedules; and

provide the adjusted schedules to the second computing device, wherein the second computing device sends the data to the first computing device based on the adjusted schedules.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further programmed to identify the one or more of the schedules based on the determined resource data.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further programmed to identify the one or more of the schedules based on a time associated with said determining the resource data.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further programmed to batch the data for a period of time based on the adjusted schedules.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein providing the adjusted schedules comprises encapsulating the adjusted schedules in a packet as a function of a protocol definition.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further programmed to provide the packet to the server, wherein the server extracts, from the provided packet, the adjusted schedules at an application layer.

12. The system of claim 6, further comprising means for altering a scheduled transmission of data to the first computing device responsive to the resource data.

13. The system of claim 6, further comprising a protocol means for opportunistic communication between the first computing device and the second computing device to manage data delivery from the first computing device to the second computing device.

14. A method comprising:

accessing state data relating to resources associated with a first computing device;

identifying an established connection between the first computing device and a second computing device, said first computing device and said second computing device being connected via a network;

providing the accessed state data to the second computing device via the identified connection, wherein the second computing device alters a scheduled transmission of data from the second computing device to the first computing device as a function of the accessed state data to manage the resources on the first computing device; and

receiving, by the first computing device, the altered transmission of data from the second computing device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising encapsulating the accessed state data via an application layer protocol, and wherein providing the accessed state data comprises providing the encapsulated state data to the second computing device via the identified connection.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising binding the state data to an application layer protocol.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising collecting the state data relating to one or more of the following resources:

signal strength, battery, network connections, whether the first computing device is moving, a location of the first computing device, and whether a telephone call is in progress for the first computing device.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the state data comprises a plurality of parameters and corresponding parameter values, and further comprising:

providing the plurality of parameters to the second computing device; and

receiving, from the second computing device, a selected plurality of parameters, wherein providing the accessed state data comprises providing the parameter values corresponding to the selected plurality of parameters.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

identifying a subset of the accessed state data, said identified subset representing critical data;

establishing another connection between the first computing device and the second computing device; and

providing the identified subset from the first computing device to the second computing device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the identified subset of the accessed state data indicates low memory capacity of the first computing device.