DATA SYNCHRONIZATION MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS

• US 20140207734A1
• Filed: 01/23/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: CHEN, Hsi-Kun, CHOU, Peter, LIN, Zih-Ci
• Granted Patent: US 9,477,678 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/610
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Data synchronization management methods and systems for use in an electronic device are provided. First, activity log containing information regarding activities of friends of a user in an application within a specific period of time is acquired from a network application server via a network. Next, the activity log is analyzed to determine a frequency of activities of the application in each of time segments of a day. A sync frequency of a data sync procedure for each of the time segments is determined or adjusted according to the frequency of activities of the application in each of the time segments. The data sync procedure is performed with the network application server to update data from the server based on the sync frequency in each of the time segments.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented data synchronization management method for use in an electronic device, comprising:

acquiring activity log containing information regarding activities of an application corresponding to an user within a specific period of time from a network application server via a network;

analyzing the activity log to determine a frequency of activities of the application in each of time segments of a day; and

adjusting a sync frequency of a data sync procedure in each of the time segments according to the frequency of activities of the application in each of the time segments;

so as to

performing the data sync procedure with the network application server based on the sync frequency.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting step further comprises:

increasing the sync frequency in response to determining that the frequency of activities of the application is above a first threshold; and

decreasing the sync frequency in response to determining that the frequency of activities of the application is below a second threshold.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a frequency of which a screen of the electronic device is turn on in each of the time segments; and

adjusting the sync frequency of the data sync procedure according to the frequency of activities of the application and the frequency of which the screen is turn on in each of the time segments.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of adjusting the sync frequency of the data sync procedure according to the frequency of activities of the application and the frequency of which the screen is turn on in each of the time segments further comprises:

increasing the sync frequency in response to determining the frequency of activities of the application or the frequency of which the screen is turn on is above a first threshold; and

decreasing the sync frequency in response to determining the frequency of activities of the application and the frequency of which the screen is turn on are below a second threshold.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing the activity log to determine a data update quantity of activities of the application in each of the time segments; and

adjusting the sync frequency of the data sync procedure for each of the time segments according to the frequency of activities of the application and the data update quantity of activities of the application in each of the time segments.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the sync frequency is further dynamically adjusted in response to a new data being requested to be updated in the network application server.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the activity log into a database of the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing each of the friends of the user in the application a weighting value;

analyzing the activity log with the weighting values of the friends to determine a weighted frequency of activities of the application in each of the time segments; and

adjusting the sync frequency of the data sync procedure for each of the time segments according to the weighted frequency of activities of the application in each of the time segments.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the data sync procedure is determined as to be performed during a specific time segment of the time segments and to be re-performed during another time segment.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user interface for manually adjusting the sync frequency of the data sync procedure by the user.

11. A data synchronization management system for use in an electronic device, comprising:

a wireless communication unit; and

a processing unit coupled to the wireless communication unit, configured to acquire activity log containing information regarding activities of friends of a user in an application within a specific period of time from a network application server via the wireless communication unit, analyze the activity log to determine a frequency of activities of the application in each of time segments of a day, adjust a sync frequency of a data sync procedure for each of the time segments according to the frequency of activities of the application in each of the time segments, and perform the data sync procedure with the network application server to update data from the server based on the sync frequency.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing unit is further configured to increase the sync frequency in response to determining the frequency of activities of the application is above a first threshold, and decrease the sync frequency in response to determining that the frequency of activities of the application is below a second threshold.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising a screen, and the processing unit is further configured to determine a frequency of which the user turns on the screen in each of the time segments;

and adjust the sync frequency according to the frequency of activities of the application and the frequency of which the user turns on the screen in each of the time segments.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processing unit is further configured to increase the sync frequency in response to determining the frequency of activities of the application or the frequency of which the user turns on the screen is above a first threshold, and decrease the sync frequency in response to determining the frequency of update that the friends of the user updating data and the determined frequency of which the user turns on the screen are below a second threshold.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the processing unit is further configured to analyze the activity log to determine a data update quantity of friends of the user in the application in each of the time segments, and adjust the sync frequency according to the frequency of activities of the application and the data update quantity of the application in each of the time segments.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising a storage unit comprising a database for storing the activity log.

17. The system of claim 11, further comprising a user interface for manually adjusting the sync frequency of the data sync procedure by the user.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the network application server comprises a social network server providing a social network application.

19. A data synchronization management method of an electronic device, the method comprises:

acquiring activity log containing information regarding activities of friends of a user in an application within a specific period of time from a network application server;

analyzing the activity log to determine a frequency of the friends of the user updating data in each of time segments of a day;

determining a sync frequency of a data sync procedure for each of the time segments according to the frequency of the friends of the user updating data in each of the time segments; and

performing the data sync procedure with the network application server to update data from the server based on the sync frequency in each of the time segments.