SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MOBILE TRAFFIC IN A MOBILE NETWORK

• US 20110238772A1
• Filed: 06/13/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (FIG LLC (d/b/a Fortress Investment Group LLC))
• Original Assignee: Seven Networks Inc
• Inventors: Fiatal, Trevor
• Application Number:
  US13/158,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20110238772A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/026 Details of "hello" or keep-alive messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A data agnostic transport system that may be used for data objects such as email, calendar, notes, files, and multimedia.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating mobile traffic for an application to a mobile device, the method, comprising:

maintaining, at a server a record which indicates that a data source is associated with or accessible by the mobile device through the application accessed at the mobile device;

detecting, by the server, an event or data change at a data source that provides the application accessed at the mobile device,

automatically notifying the mobile device by the server, of the event or data change at the data source.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, performing automatic responsive action by the server in response to detecting the event or the data change.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, the automatic response action is performed when credential information is provided by the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, forwarding data from the event or the data change from the data source to the mobile device over a data connection between the server and the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

in response to determining that data connection between the server and the mobile device is down;

using a processing index at the server to indicate that the event or data change at the data source is unprocessed.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising,

in response to determining that the mobile device is available;

establishing the data connection with the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, using the processing index to identify the event or data change to commence processing to be forwarded to the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising, using the processing index to identify the event or data change to commence processing to be forwarded to the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein, the processing index is maintained to be mapped to user credentials associated with the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 5, further comprising, storing a status of a connection of the server with the mobile device;

wherein, the status is stored with the processing index, with respect to the user credentials associated with the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 5, further comprising, updating the status of the connection with the processing index to indicate that the mobile device is back online.

12. The method of claim 5, further comprising, informing the data source by the server that the mobile device has become available for data transactions.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein, the event or data change is detected by the server when the data source provides notifications of the data or data change to the server.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising, maintaining records for multiple mobile devices to indicate associations with data sources.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein data at the data source that provides the application, includes one or more of, electronic-mail, calendar data, to do list, and document attachments.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein data at the data source that provides the application, includes one or more of, image content and video content.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the server is selected from a pool of multiple servers to balance the load.

18. A method for managing mobile traffic to a mobile device, the method, comprising:

provisioning the mobile device with a server, responsive to receiving valid credentials;

maintaining, at the server a record which indicates that a data source is associated with the mobile device based on a service or application accessed at the mobile device;

wherein, the record is associated with the valid credentials and the valid credential allow the data source to be accessible through the server, via other mobile devices, when the valid credentials are provided.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

detecting, by the server, an event or data change at a data source that provides a service or application accessed at the mobile device,

automatically notifying the mobile device by the server, of the event or data change at the data source.

20. A system for facilitating mobile traffic to a mobile device, the method, comprising:

a facilitating server which receives transactions for a data source from the mobile device;

the data source hosting a service of application accessed at the mobile device;

a proxy server coupled to the facilitating server;

wherein, the facilitating server communicates the transactions to the proxy server;

wherein, the proxy server detects an event or data change at the data source and pushes data objects from the event or the data change at the data source to the proxy server for transmission to the mobile device.