DATA SERVICES USING LOCATION PATTERNS AND INTELLIGENT CACHING
First Claim
1. A method of pre-caching data in a communication network, comprising:
- determining a data usage pattern for a computing device, the data usage pattern comprising a plurality of previous requests from a user of the computing device to access data from the communication network;
determining a location pattern for the computing device, the location pattern comprising a previous physical location of the computing device;
predicting, based on the data usage pattern, a future request from the computing device to access data from the communication network, wherein the previous and future requests access data at a same address;
predicting a future physical location of the computing device based on the location pattern; and
selecting a storage location from a plurality of storage locations that are external to the computing device based on the predicted future physical location, wherein the storage location stores the data associated with the future request.
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Abstract
Pre-caching may decrease the response time necessary for a wireless communication network to fulfill a user request. Pre-caching includes predicting what data the user will request next and preemptively fetching that data from a network (e.g., the Internet). Additionally, the wireless communication network may predict the geographic location of the mobile device when it makes the request. Instead of pre-caching the data in the memory of the mobile device, the data may be stored at a wireless access point that has a radiation pattern that covers the predicted geographic location of the mobile device. Once the wireless access point receives the request from the mobile device for the pre-cached data, the pre-cached data may be transmitted wirelessly to the mobile device, thereby avoiding having to forward the request to rest of the communication network.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of pre-caching data in a communication network, comprising:
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determining a data usage pattern for a computing device, the data usage pattern comprising a plurality of previous requests from a user of the computing device to access data from the communication network; determining a location pattern for the computing device, the location pattern comprising a previous physical location of the computing device; predicting, based on the data usage pattern, a future request from the computing device to access data from the communication network, wherein the previous and future requests access data at a same address; predicting a future physical location of the computing device based on the location pattern; and selecting a storage location from a plurality of storage locations that are external to the computing device based on the predicted future physical location, wherein the storage location stores the data associated with the future request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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