CLOUD SUPPORT FOR DISCOVERY AND DATA TRANSFER FOR MOBILE CLIENT DEVICES

• US 20160262205A1
• Filed: 10/23/2015
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Flynn, Paul V., Singh, Ajoy K., Zhao, Wen, Mathews, Dennis, Mujtaba, Syed Aon, Hariharan, Sriram, Semersky, Matthew L.
• Application Number:
  US14/921,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20160262205A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• 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 4/203 for converged personal network application service interworking, e.g. OMA converged personal network services [CPNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0212 managed by the network, e.g. network or access point is master and terminal is slave
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/182 Network node acting on behalf of an other network entity, e.g. proxy
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A host device may include a wireless interface for communications, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and to the wireless interface. The host device may receive, via the wireless interface, an advertisement message from a client device. The advertisement message may include an identifier associated with the client device and a request for communication of data from a cloud-based service. Responsive to the advertisement, the host may send the identifier to the cloud-based service. The host may receive from the cloud-based service, a proxy indication of available data associated with the client. Responsive to receiving the proxy indication of available data, the host may provide, via the wireless interface, a connection request including a client indication of the available data from the cloud-based service to the client. After receiving the available data from the cloud-based service, the host device may send the available data to the client.

Claims

1. A method of using a host device to communicate with a client device, the method comprising:

at the host device comprising at least one wireless interface for communications, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and to the at least one wireless interface;

receiving, via the at least one wireless interface, an advertisement message from the client device, the advertisement message including a identifier associated with the client device and a request for communication of data from a cloud-based service;

responsive to the received advertisement message, sending the identifier to the cloud-based service;

receiving from the cloud-based service, a proxy indication of available data associated with the client device;

responsive to the received proxy indication of available data, providing, via the at least one wireless interface, a connection request including a client indication of the available data from the cloud-based service to the client device;

receiving the available data from the cloud-based service; and

sending the available data to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier associated with the client device is a unique device identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the connection request includes the available data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, at the host device:

receiving a response to the connection request; and

after receiving the response to the connection request, sending the available data to the client device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the client indication of the available data includes one or more properties of the available data, the method further comprising, at the host device:

receiving a response to the connection request wherein the response is sent responsive to determining that a property of the available data corresponds to a property of data desired by the client device; and

after receiving the response to the connection request, sending the available data to the client device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein one of the one or more properties of the available data indicates a priority of the available data, and wherein the connection request is sent responsive to determining that the priority exceeds a threshold.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the proxy indication of available data is received via the receiving of the available data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the host device is associated with a first user and wherein the client device is associated with a second user different from the first user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one wireless interface comprises a first wireless interface and a second wireless interface, wherein the second wireless interface comprises at least one of a Bluetooth radio and a WiFi radio for communications between the host device and the client device, and wherein the first wireless interface comprises a cellular radio for communications between the host device and the cloud-based service.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the connection request is sent responsive to:

receiving the proxy indication of available data; and

receiving a second advertisement message from the client device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisement message further includes an indication of a requested connection type, and wherein sending the identifier to the cloud-based service comprises sending the identifier to the cloud-based service responsive to determining that the indication of the requested connection type indicates a downlink connection.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein providing the connection request comprises providing the connection request to the client device without sending the identifier to the cloud-based service responsive to determining that the indication of the requested connection type indicates an uplink connection.

13. A computer product comprising a computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions for controlling a computer system to:

at a host device comprising at least one wireless interface for communications, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and to the at least one wireless interface;

receive, via the at least one wireless interface, an advertisement message from a client device, the advertisement message including a identifier associated with the client device and a request for communication of data from a cloud-based service;

responsive to the received advertisement message, send the identifier to the cloud-based service;

receive from the cloud-based service, a proxy indication of available data associated with the client device;

responsive to the received proxy indication of available data, provide, via the at least one wireless interface, a connection request including a client indication of the available data from the cloud-based service to the client device;

receive the available data from the cloud-based service; and

send the available data to the client device.

14. The computer product of claim 13, wherein the identifier associated with the client device is a unique device identifier.

15. The computer product of claim 13, wherein the connection request includes the available data.

16. The computer product of claim 13, wherein the advertisement message further includes an indication of a requested connection type, and wherein sending the identifier to the cloud-based service comprises sending the identifier to the cloud-based service responsive to determining that the indication of the requested connection type indicates a downlink connection.

17. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums containing instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to perform operations including;

at a host device comprising at least one wireless interface for communications, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and to the at least one wireless interface;

receiving, via the at least one wireless interface, an advertisement message from the client device, the advertisement message including a identifier associated with the client device and a request for communication of data from a cloud-based service;

responsive to the received advertisement message, sending the identifier to the cloud-based service;

receiving from the cloud-based service, a proxy indication of available data associated with the client device;

responsive to the received proxy indication of available data, providing, via the at least one wireless interface, a connection request including a client indication of the available data from the cloud-based service to the client device;

receiving the available data from the cloud-based service; and

sending the available data to the client device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least one wireless interface comprises a first wireless interface and a second wireless interface, wherein the second wireless interface comprises at least one of a Bluetooth radio and a WiFi radio for communications between the host device and the client device, and wherein the first wireless interface comprises a cellular radio for communications between the host device and the cloud-based service.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the connection request is sent responsive to:

receiving the proxy indication of available data; and

receiving a second advertisement message from the client device.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the client indication of the available data includes one or more properties of the available data, the operations further comprising, at the host device:

receiving a response to the connection request wherein the response is sent responsive to determining that a property of the available data corresponds to a property of data desired by the client device; and

after receiving the response to the connection request, sending the available data to the client device.