CACHE AND DELIVERY BASED APPLICATION DATA SCHEDULING

• US 20140310371A1
• Filed: 04/15/2013
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: PANCHAL, Jignesh S., KAMEL, Raafat Edward, AGUIRRE, Sergio, KOTECHA, Lalit R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,680,953 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1407 Policy-and-charging control [PCC] architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/108 when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

A device receives configuration information that instructs the device about when to send content to a user device. The device also receives content from an application server at a first time, and stores the content. The device determines, based on the configuration information, that the content is to be sent to the user device, and sends the content to the user device based on the determination. The content is sent to the user device at a second time that is later than the first time.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

one or more processors to;

receive configuration information,

the configuration information instructing the device about when to send content to a user device,

receive content from an application server at a first time,

store the content,

determine, based on the configuration information, that the content is to be sent to the user device, and

send the content to the user device based on the determination,

the content being sent to the user device at a second time that is later than the first time.

2. The device of claim 1, where, when determining that the content is to be sent to the user device, the one or more processors are further to:

determine, based on the configuration information, that a download speed exceeds a threshold,

the threshold being stored by the device, and

determine that the content is to be sent to the user device based on the download speed exceeding the threshold.

3. The device of claim 1, where, when determining that the content is to be sent to the user device, the one or more processors are further to:

determine, based on the configuration information, that a network load is less than a threshold,

the threshold being stored by the device, and

determine that the content is to be sent to the user device based on the network load being less than the threshold.

4. The device of claim 3, where, when determining that the network load is less than the threshold, the one or more processors are further to:

determine the threshold based on historical network load information associated with different times and different network locations.

5. The device of claim 1, where, when determining that the content is to be sent to the user device, the one or more processors are further to:

determine that a particular time has occurred, and

determine that the content is to be sent to the user device based on the occurrence of the particular time.

6. The device of claim 1, where, when determining that the content is to be sent to the user device, the one or more processors are further to:

determine that the user device is in a particular location, and

determine that the content is to be sent to the user device based on the user device being in the particular location.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, by a device, configuration information,

the configuration information instructing the device about when to send content to a user device;

receiving, by the device, content from an application server at a first time;

storing, by the device, the content;

determining, by the device and based on the configuration information, that the content is to be sent to the user device; and

sending, by the device, the content to the user device based on the determination,

the content being sent to the user device at a second time that is later than the first time.

8. The method of claim 7, where determining that the content is to be sent to the user device further includes:

determining, based on the configuration information, that a download speed exceeds a threshold,

the threshold being stored by the device; and

determining that the content is to be sent to the user device based on the download speed exceeding the threshold.

9. The method of claim 7, where determining that the content is to be sent to the user device further includes:

determining, based on the configuration information, that a network load is less than a threshold,

the threshold being stored by the device; and

determining that the content is to be sent to the user device based on the network load being less than the threshold.

10. The method of claim 9, where determining that the network load is less than the threshold further includes:

determining the threshold based on historical network load information associated with different times and different network locations.

11. The method of claim 7, where determining that the content is to be sent to the user device further includes:

determining that a particular time has occurred; and

determining that the content is to be sent to the user device based on the occurrence of the particular time.

12. The method of claim 7, where determining that the content is to be sent to the user device further includes:

determining that the user device is in a particular location; and

determining that the content is to be sent to the user device based on the user device being in the particular location.

13. A user device comprising:

one or more processors to;

receive configuration information,

the configuration information instructing the user device about when to send content to a storage device,

receive, at a first time, a request to send content, from a memory associated with the user device, to the storage device,

determine, based on the configuration information, that the content is to be sent to the storage device, and

send the content to the storage device based on the determination,

the content being sent to the storage device at a second time that is later than the first time.

14. The user device of claim 13, where, when determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device, the one or more processors are further to:

determine, based on the configuration information, that a download speed exceeds a threshold,

the threshold being stored in the memory of the user device, and

determine that the content is to be sent to the storage device based on the download speed exceeding the threshold.

15. The user device of claim 13, where, when determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device, the one or more processors are further to:

determine, based on the configuration information, that a network load is less than a threshold,

the threshold being stored in the memory of the user device, and

determine that the content is to be sent to the storage device based on the network load being less than the threshold.

16. The user device of claim 13, where, when determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device, the one or more processors are further to:

determine that a particular time has occurred, and

determine that the content is to be sent to the storage device based on the occurrence of the particular time.

17. The user device of claim 13, where, when determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device, the one or more processors are further to:

determine that the user device is in a particular location, and

determine that the content is to be sent to the storage device based on the user device being in the particular location.

18. A method comprising:

receiving, by a user device, configuration information,

the configuration information instructing the user device about when to send content to a storage device;

receiving, by the user device and at a first time, a request to send content, from a memory associated with the user device, to the storage device;

determining, by the user device and based on the configuration information, that the content is to be sent to the storage device; and

sending, by the user device, the content to the storage device based on the determination,

the content being sent to the storage device at a second time that is later than the first time.

19. The method of claim 18, where determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device further includes:

determining, based on the configuration information, that a download speed exceeds a threshold,

the threshold being stored in the memory of the user device; and

determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device based on the download speed exceeding the threshold.

20. The method of claim 18, where determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device further includes:

determining, based on the configuration information, that a network load is less than a threshold,

the threshold being stored in the memory of the user device; and

determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device based on the network load being less than the threshold.

21. The method of claim 18, where determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device further includes:

determining that a particular time has occurred; and

determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device based on the occurrence of the particular time.

22. The method of claim 18, where determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device further includes:

determining that the user device is in a particular location; and

determining that the content is to be sent to the storage device based on the user device being in the particular location.