CONTEXT DETERMINATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES WHEN ACCESSING REMOTE RESOURCES

• US 20130212486A1
• Filed: 02/15/2012
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MobileSpan, Inc. (Dropbox, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MobileSpan, Inc. (Dropbox, Inc.)
• Inventors: Joshi, Amit Mohan, Bunger, Nils, Radhakrishnan, Sanjeev
• Granted Patent: US 9,794,735 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In one example, a device, such as a remote computing device or a mobile device, includes one or more processors configured to compare current values for one or more context dimensions to data indicative of relationships between accesses to resources maintained by a remote computing device and values for the one or more context dimensions during the accesses and to determine one or more of the resources maintained by the remote computing device that have a high probability of being accessed based on the comparison and a network interface configured to cause a mobile device to obtain information indicative of the determined one or more resources based on the determination that the one or more resources have the high probability of being accessed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

comparing current values for one or more context dimensions to data indicative of relationships between accesses to resources maintained by a remote computing device and values for the one or more context dimensions during the accesses;

determining one or more of the resources maintained by the remote computing device that have a high probability of being accessed based on the comparison; and

causing a mobile device to obtain information indicative of the determined one or more resources based on the determination that the one or more resources have the high probability of being accessed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicative of the determined one or more resources comprises information representative of graphical representations of the determined one or more resources, wherein the graphical representations comprise at least one of icons representative of applications used to access the resources and snapshots of the resources.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicative of the determined one or more resources comprises information indicative of at least one of screen sizes for graphical representations of the determined one or more resources and screen positions for the graphical representations of the determined one or more resources.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing comprises comparing by the mobile device, wherein determining comprises determining by the mobile device, and wherein causing the mobile device to obtain the information comprises requesting, by the mobile device, the information from the remote computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing comprises comparing by the remote computing device, wherein determining comprises determining by the remote computing device, and wherein causing the mobile device to obtain the information comprises sending, by the remote computing device, the information indicative of the determined one or more resources to the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving, by the remote computing device, a request for the information from the mobile device, wherein the request specifies the current values for the one or more context dimensions.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising sending one or more instructions to the mobile device to cause the mobile device to display graphical representations of the determined one or more resources.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising sending data from the determined one or more resources to the mobile device without a request for the data from the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

executing, by the remote computing device, an application that processes one of the resources maintained by the remote computing device;

determining values for the one or more context dimensions at a time corresponding to execution of the application; and

updating the data indicative of the relationships between the accesses to resources maintained by the computing device and the values for the one or more context dimensions using the determined values and the executed application during the accesses.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more context dimensions comprise one or more of geographic locations of devices used to access the resources, times at which the resources are accessed, relative frequencies of access for the resources, relative percentages of access for the resources, patterns of access, other user accesses, most recent modification time, and indications of groups of the resources that are accessed in close temporal proximity.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein data indicative of the relationships comprises data indicative of relationships between frequency of accesses to the resources and the values for the one or more context dimensions.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising calculating the frequency of access to the resources based on at least one of a number of accesses to the resources over a period of time and a percentage of accesses of the resources over the period of time.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the one or more of the resources that have a high probability of being accessed comprises:

calculating values representative of probabilities of the resources being accessed; and

determining that the resources have a high probability of being accessed when the calculated values exceed a threshold.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the one or more of the resources that have a high probability of being accessed comprises:

calculating values representative of probabilities of the resources being accessed; and

determining a subset of the resources that have a high probability of being accessed when the calculated values for the subset of the resources exceed the calculated values for the resources not included in the subset.

15. A device comprising:

one or more processors configured to compare current values for one or more context dimensions to data indicative of relationships between accesses to resources maintained by a remote computing device and values for the one or more context dimensions during the accesses and to determine one or more of the resources maintained by the remote computing device that have a high probability of being accessed based on the comparison; and

a network interface configured to cause a mobile device to obtain information indicative of the determined one or more resources based on the determination that the one or more resources have the high probability of being accessed.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the device comprises the mobile device, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to send, via the network interface, a request for the information indicative of the determined one or more resources.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the device comprises the remote computing device, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to send, via the network interface, the information indicative of the determined one or more resources.

18. A system comprising:

a remote computing device configured to maintain resources and to maintain data indicative of relationships between accesses to the resources and values for one or more context dimensions during the accesses; and

a mobile device configured to obtain information indicative of one or more of the resources that have a high probability of being accessed by the mobile device based on a comparison of current values for the one or more context dimensions to the data indicative of the relationships.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the remote computing device is configured to perform the comparison of the current values for the one or more context dimensions to the data indicative of the relationships, and wherein the remote computing device is configured to send the information indicative of the one or more of the resources that have the high probability of being accessed to the mobile device.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the mobile device is configured to perform the comparison of the current values for the one or more context dimensions to the data indicative of the relationships, and wherein the mobile device is configured to request the information indicative of the one or more of the resources that have the high probability of being accessed from the remote computing device.

21. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:

compare current values for one or more context dimensions to data indicative of relationships between accesses to resources maintained by a remote computing device and values for the one or more context dimensions during the accesses;

determine one or more of the resources maintained by the remote computing device that have a high probability of being accessed based on the comparison; and

cause a mobile device to obtain information indicative of the determined one or more resources based on the determination that the one or more resources have the high probability of being accessed.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the instructions that cause the processor to cause the mobile device to obtain the information comprise instructions that cause the processor to send the information from the remote computing device to the mobile device.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the instructions that cause the processor to cause the mobile device to obtain the information comprise instructions that cause the processor to request the information from the remote computing device.

24. A mobile device comprising:

a network interface configured to send and receive data via a network;

a context determination unit configured to compare current values for one or more context dimensions to data indicative of relationships between accesses to resources maintained by a remote computing device and values for the one or more context dimensions during the accesses and to determine one or more of the resources maintained by the remote computing device that have a high probability of being accessed based on the comparison;

a data retrieval unit configured to obtain, via the network interface, information indicative of the determined one or more resources based on the determination that the one or more resources have the high probability of being accessed;

a memory comprising instructions for a plurality of native applications and a native application simulator; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions for at least one of the native applications to access the determined resources that are accessible by the native applications, and to execute the instructions for the native application simulator to access the determined resources that are not accessible by the native applications.