Method and system for an atomizing function of a mobile device

• US 8,442,015 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Behzad, Arya, Buer, Mark, Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Macinnis, Alexander, Quigley, Thomas, Walley, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mohebbi, Kouroush
• Application Number:
  US11/864,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20090022118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,055 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5044 considering hardware capabilities
• 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 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

Methods and systems for an atomizing function for a mobile device are disclosed and may include discovering available resources via a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) and assessing respective cost functions for processing tasks by the HWCD and/or the discovered resources. The tasks may be apportioned for local and/or remote execution by the HWCD and/or the discovered resources based on the assessed cost functions. The assessed cost functions may be dependent on factors comprising communication bandwidth, memory space, CPU processing power, and battery power, which may be weighted. The cost functions may be dynamically assessed, enabling dynamic reapportioning of the tasks, which may be apportioned based on latency, quality of service (QoS), priority and/or user preferences associated with the local and/or remote execution. The apportioning of the processing of the tasks may be based on the assessed cost functions, and a priority and/or a QoS associated with the task.

Claims

1. A method for handling processing of information in a communication network, the method comprising:

in a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD);

discovering one or more available resources in a communication network;

assessing respective cost functions for processing one or more tasks by one or both of said handheld wireless communication device and said discovered one or more available resources, wherein each of the respective cost functions depends on a plurality of resources used in performing the one or more tasks, wherein each of the respective cost functions takes into account an actual monetary cost of at least one of the resources; and

apportioning said one or more tasks for one or both of local execution by said handheld wireless communication device and remote execution by said discovered one or more available resources based on said assessed respective cost functions,

wherein said handheld wireless communication device is coupled to the communication network through a first network and at least one of said discovered one or more available resources is coupled to the communication network through a second network, and wherein said assessed respective cost functions take into account respective security capabilities of the first network and of the second network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein one or both of said assessed respective cost functions for processing said one or more tasks by said handheld wireless communication device and said discovered one or more available resources is dependent on one or more factors comprising available communication bandwidth, available memory space, and available CPU processing power.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said one or more factors are each weighted by a weighting factor.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein at least one of said weighting factors is provided as a user preference.

5. The method according to claim 1, comprising apportioning said one or more tasks based on latency associated with one or both of said local execution and said remote execution.

6. The method according to claim 1, comprising apportioning said one or more tasks for one of both of said local execution and said remote execution based on a quality of service (QoS) associated with said one or more tasks.

7. The method according to claim 1, comprising apportioning said one or more tasks for one of both of said local execution and said remote execution based on a priority associated with said one or more tasks.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said assessing respective cost functions is based on user preference.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said assessed respective cost functions take into account a cost of a transcoding function required by said one or more tasks as performed by said discovered one or more available resources.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said assessed respective cost functions take into account an available battery power of said handheld wireless device and/or said discovered one or more available resources.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for handling processing of information in a communication network, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:

in a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD);

discovering one or more available resources in a communication network;

assessing respective cost functions for processing one or more tasks by one or both of said handheld wireless communication device and said discovered one or more available resources; and

apportioning said one or more tasks for one or both of local execution by said handheld wireless communication device and remote execution by said discovered one or more available resources based on said assessed respective cost functions and based on a quality of service (QoS) associated with each of said one or more tasks,

wherein said handheld wireless communication device is coupled to the communication network through a first network and at least one of said discovered one or more available resources is coupled to the communication network through a second network, and wherein said assessed respective cost functions take into account respective security capabilities of the first network and of the second network.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, wherein one or both of said assessed respective cost functions for processing said one or more tasks by said handheld wireless communication device and said discovered one or more available resources is dependent on one or more factors comprising available communication bandwidth, available memory space, available CPU processing power, and available battery power.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for dynamically assessing said respective cost functions.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for dynamically reapportioning said one or more tasks based on said dynamic assessment.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for apportioning said one or more tasks based on latency associated with one of both of said local execution and said remote execution.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for apportioning said one or more tasks for one of both of said local execution and said remote execution based on a priority associated with said one or more tasks.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for assessing respective cost functions based on user preference.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11, wherein each of the respective cost functions depends on a plurality of resources used in performing the one or more tasks, wherein each of the respective cost functions takes into account an actual monetary cost of at least one of the resources.

19. A system for handling processing of information in a communication network, the system comprising:

a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) comprising one or more processors, said one or more processors discovers one or more available resources in a communication network;

said one or more processors assesses respective cost functions for processing one or more tasks by one or both of said handheld wireless communication device and said discovered one or more available resources; and

said one or more processors apportions said one or more tasks for one or both of local execution by said handheld wireless communication device and remote execution by said discovered one or more available resources based on said assessed respective cost functions and on a latency associated with each of said one or more tasks,

wherein said handheld wireless communication device is coupled to the communication network through a first network and at least one of said discovered one or more available resources is coupled to the communication network through a second network, and wherein said assessed respective cost functions take into account respective security capabilities of the first network and of the second network.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein one or more of said assessed respective cost functions for processing said one or more tasks by said handheld wireless communication device and said discovered one or more available resources is dependent on one or more factors comprising available communication bandwidth, available memory space, available CPU processing power, and available battery power.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein said one or more factors are weighted.

22. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors dynamically assesses said respective cost functions.

23. The system according to claim 22, wherein said one or more processors dynamically reapportions said one or more tasks based on said dynamic assessment.

24. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors apportions said one or more tasks for local execution and/or for said remote execution based on a quality of service (QoS) associated with said one or more tasks.

25. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors apportions said one or more tasks for local execution and/or for said remote execution based on a priority associated with said one or more tasks.

26. The system according to claim 19, wherein said one or more processors enables selection of said handheld wireless communication device and/or said discovered one or more available resources for said processing based on said assessed respective cost functions, and a priority and/or a QoS associated with said task.

27. The system according to claim 19, wherein each of the respective cost functions depends on a plurality of resources used in performing the one or more tasks, wherein each of the respective cost functions takes into account an actual monetary cost of at least one of the resources.