PROACTIVE TRANSFER OF NETWORK SERVICES DATA USING NETWORK MAP DATA

• US 20160112864A1
• Filed: 10/16/2014
• Published: 04/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: HARBER, Dustin
• Application Number:
  US14/515,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20160112864A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination

Abstract

The disclosure includes a system and method for proactively providing the transfer of network services data using network map data. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: estimate a present journey for a user based on time synchronicity data and historical journey data; determine one or more preferred network services for the user based on preference hierarchy data; determine that a mobile system associated with the user will enter a dead zone based on the estimation of the present journey and network map data describing the dead zone; determine network services data configured to enable the mobile system to consume the preferred network services while in the dead zone; and transmit a request for network services data configured to enable the mobile system to consume the preferred network services while in the dead zone.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

estimating a present journey for a user based on time synchronicity data and historical journey data;

determining one or more preferred network services for the user based on preference hierarchy data;

determining that a mobile system associated with the user will enter a dead zone based on the estimation of the present journey and network map data describing the dead zone, wherein the dead zone is a geographic area having limited connectivity to a mobile data network;

determining, by a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the determining, network services data configured to enable the mobile system to consume the one or more preferred network services while in the dead zone; and

transmitting a request for network services data configured to enable the mobile system to consume the one or more preferred network services while in the dead zone.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the time synchronicity data is associated with the mobile system and describes a universal time shared among a distributed network including two or more mobile systems.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical journey data is associated with the user and describes one or more prior journeys taken by the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical journey data is associated with the user and the mobile system downloads the historical journey data for the user from a network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile system is one of a vehicle, a robot, a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet computing device, and a connected device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the preference hierarchy data describes which network services the user is estimated to prefer for a time of day indicated by the time synchronicity data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the preference hierarchy data describes which network services the user is estimated to prefer for the present journey.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the user is on a phone call and providing the user with an indication that the mobile system will travel into a dead zone during the present journey, the indication provided before the mobile system enters the dead zone.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the mobile system is providing graphical navigation instructions;

generating graphical data configured to depict one or more dead zones for a geographical region associated with the graphical navigation instructions, wherein the graphical data is generated responsive to determining that the mobile system will enter the dead zone; and

providing a graphical representation of the one or more dead zones as a component of the graphical navigation instructions.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the presence of one or more nearby mobile systems responsive to determining that the mobile system will enter the dead zone;

building an ad-hoc mesh network including the mobile system and the detected one or more nearby mobile systems; and

transmitting network services data among entities of the ad-hoc mesh network, the transmission enabling the entities of the ad-hoc mesh network that are in the dead zone to continue receiving network services data while in the dead zone.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing navigation instructions configured to minimize a journey duration in the dead zone responsive to determining that the mobile system will enter the dead zone.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processing device to perform or control performance of operations comprising:

estimating a present journey for a user based on time synchronicity data and historical journey data;

determining one or more preferred network services for the user based on preference hierarchy data;

determining that a mobile system associated with the user will enter a dead zone based on the estimation of the present journey and network map data describing the dead zone, wherein the dead zone is a geographic area having limited connectivity to a mobile data network;

determining network services data configured to enable the mobile system to consume the one or more preferred network services while in the dead zone; and

transmitting a request for network services data configured to enable the mobile system to consume the one or more preferred network services while in the dead zone.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the time synchronicity data is associated with the mobile system and describes a universal time shared among a distributed network including two or more mobile systems.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the historical journey data is associated with the user and describes one or more prior journeys taken by the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the historical journey data is associated with the user and the mobile system downloads the historical journey data for the user from a network.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the mobile system is one of a vehicle, a robot, a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet computing device, and a connected device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the preference hierarchy data describes which network services the user is estimated to prefer for a time of day indicated by the time synchronicity data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the preference hierarchy data describes which network services the user is estimated to prefer for the present journey.

19. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to;

estimate a present journey for a user based on time synchronicity data and historical journey data;

determine one or more preferred network services for the user based on preference hierarchy data;

determine that a mobile system associated with the user will enter a dead zone based on the estimation of the present journey and network map data describing the dead zone, wherein the dead zone is a geographic area having limited connectivity to a mobile data network;

determine network services data configured to enable the mobile system to consume the one or more preferred network services while in the dead zone; and

transmit a request for network services data configured to enable the mobile system to consume the one or more preferred network services while in the dead zone.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the time synchronicity data is associated with the mobile system and describes a universal time shared among a distributed network including two or more mobile systems.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the historical journey data is associated with the user and describes one or more prior journeys taken by the user.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the historical journey data is associated with the user and the mobile system downloads the historical journey data for the user from a network.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the mobile system is one of a vehicle, a robot, a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet computing device, and a connected device.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the preference hierarchy data describes which network services the user is estimated to prefer for a time of day indicated by the time synchronicity data.

25. The system of claim 19, wherein the preference hierarchy data describes which network services the user is estimated to prefer for the present journey.