Data services using location patterns and intelligent caching
First Claim
1. A computer program product for pre-caching data in a communication network, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code configured to;
determine a data usage pattern for a computing device, the data usage pattern comprising a plurality of previous requests from a user of the computing device to access data from the communication network;
determine a location pattern for the computing device, the location pattern comprising a previous physical location of the computing device;
predict, based on the data usage pattern, a future request from the computing device to access data from the communication network, wherein the previous and future requests access data at a same address;
predict a future physical location of the computing device based on the location pattern; and
select a storage location from a plurality of storage locations that are external to the computing device based on the predicted future physical location, wherein the storage location stores the data associated with the future request.
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Abstract
Pre-caching may decrease the response time necessary for a wireless communication network to fulfill a user request. Pre-caching includes predicting what data the user will request next and preemptively fetching that data from a network (e.g., the Internet). Additionally, the wireless communication network may predict the geographic location of the mobile device when it makes the request. Instead of pre-caching the data in the memory of the mobile device, the data may be stored at a wireless access point that has a radiation pattern that covers the predicted geographic location of the mobile device. Once the wireless access point receives the request from the mobile device for the pre-cached data, the pre-cached data may be transmitted wirelessly to the mobile device, thereby avoiding having to forward the request to rest of the communication network.
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1. A computer program product for pre-caching data in a communication network, the computer program product comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code configured to; determine a data usage pattern for a computing device, the data usage pattern comprising a plurality of previous requests from a user of the computing device to access data from the communication network; determine a location pattern for the computing device, the location pattern comprising a previous physical location of the computing device; predict, based on the data usage pattern, a future request from the computing device to access data from the communication network, wherein the previous and future requests access data at a same address; predict a future physical location of the computing device based on the location pattern; and select a storage location from a plurality of storage locations that are external to the computing device based on the predicted future physical location, wherein the storage location stores the data associated with the future request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for pre-caching data in a communication network, comprising:
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a computer processor; and a memory containing a program that, when executed on the computer processor, performs an operation for processing data, comprising; determining a data usage pattern for a computing device, the data usage pattern comprising a plurality of previous requests from a user of the computing device to access data from the communication network; determining a location pattern for the computing device, the location pattern comprising a previous physical location of the computing device; predicting, based on the data usage pattern, a future request from the computing device to access data from the communication network, wherein the previous and future requests access data at a same address; predicting a future physical location of the computing device based on the location pattern; and selecting a storage location from a plurality of storage locations that are external to the computing device based on the predicted future physical location, wherein the storage location stores the data associated with the future request. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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