Apparatus and method for conserving bandwidth by batch processing data transactions

• US 7,155,483 B1
• Filed: 08/07/2001
• Issued: 12/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Good Technology Incorporated (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Friend, John, Bennett, Mike, Collins, Roger
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Assistant Examiner(s): LAZARO, DAVID R
• Application Number:
  US09/924,283
• Time in Patent Office: 1,967 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219, 709227-229, 709/246, 709/203, 709/206, 709/207, 709230-236, 718/101
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365

Abstract

A system is described in which, under certain conditions, a wireless data processing apparatus and/or the service to which the apparatus communicates, will enter a batch processing mode. Under the batch processing mode, the apparatus and/or service will combine a series of message transactions (e.g., message viewings, message deletions, . . . etc) before synchronizing with the service and/or apparatus, respectively. Various types of batch processing parameters may be set to determine whether the system should enter batch processing mode and/or how batch processing should be performed once batch processing mode has been entered.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

modifying a first electronic mail (e-mail) message at a wireless device;

generating a first message transaction update indicating a modification to the first e-mail;

modifying a second e-mail message at the wireless device;

generating a second message transaction update indicating a modification to the second e-mail;

detecting whether one or more of message transaction conditions have occurred;

combining the first message transaction update and the second message transaction update into a batch transaction update if the one or more of message transactions have occurred and based on a set of batch processing parameters; and

the wireless device initiating synchronization with a server by automatically transmitting the batch transaction update to the server upon the first message transaction update and the second message transaction update being combined.

2. The method as in claim 1 wherein one of the message transaction conditions is a length of time during which no message transactions are initiated at the wireless device.

3. The method as in claim 1 wherein one of the message transaction conditions is a length of time that the wireless device is out of range.

4. The method as in claim 1 wherein the message transaction conditions is manual update selection by a user.

5. The method as in claim 1 wherein one of the batch processing parameters comprises transmitting the batch transaction update after a predetermined number of message transaction updates have accrued.

6. The method as in claim 1 wherein one of the batch processing parameters comprises transmitting the batch transaction update after the batch transaction update reaches a predetermined size.

7. The method as in claim 1 wherein one of the message transaction updates comprises a deletion of an email message.

8. A wireless device comprising:

control logic to modify a first electronic mail (e-mail) message, generate a first message transaction update indicating a modification to the first e-mail, modify a second e-mail message, generate a second message transaction update indicating a modification to the second e-mail, and to initiate synchronization with a server;

message transaction detection logic to detect whether one or more of message transaction conditions have occurred; and

batch processing logic to combine the first message transaction update and the second message transaction update into a batch transaction update, the combining based on one or more batch processing parameters,

wherein the control logic initiates synchronization with the server by automatically transmitting the batch transaction update to the server upon the first message transaction update and the second message transaction update being combined.

9. The wireless device of claim 8 wherein one of the message transaction conditions is a predetermined length of time during which synchronization updates between the wireless device and the server are not performed.

10. The wireless device of claim 8 wherein one of the message transaction conditions comprises manual update selection by a user.

11. The wireless device of claim 8 wherein one of the message transaction conditions comprises the wireless device being out of range from the server for a predetermined period of time.

12. The wireless device of claim 8 further comprising:

standard message processing logic to determine whether one or more standard message processing conditions are met.

13. The wireless device of claim 8 wherein one of the message transaction updates comprises a deletion of an email message.

14. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sets of instructions, the sets of instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

modify a first electronic mail (e-mail) message at a wireless device;

generate a first message transaction update indicating a modification to the first e-mail;

modify a second e-mail message at the wireless device;

generate a second message transaction update indicating a modification to the second e-mail;

detect whether one or more of message transaction conditions have occurred;

combine the first message transaction update and the second message transaction update into a batch transaction update if the one or more of message transactions have occurred and based on a set of batch processing parameters; and

initiate synchronization with a server by automatically transmitting the batch transaction update to the server upon the first message transaction update and the second message transaction update being combined.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 wherein one of the message transaction conditions is a length of time during which no message transactions are initiated at the wireless device.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 wherein one of the message transaction conditions is a length of time that the wireless device is out of range.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 wherein the message transaction conditions is manual update selection by a user.