Method and system for an atomizing function of a mobile device

• US 9,047,127 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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): Mohebbi, Kouroush
• Application Number:
  US13/873,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20130239118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 763 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Systems, apparatuses and methods are disclosed for apportioning tasks among devices. One such method is performed in handheld wireless communication device (HWCD). The method includes discovering available resources in a network and dynamically assessing cost functions for performing a task on the HWCD and on each of the discovered resources. Each of the respective cost functions is based on performance factors associated with the HWCD or with one of the devices. Based on change in the cost functions, the task is apportioned for local execution by the HWCD or remote execution by the available resources.

Claims

1. A method of utilizing a handheld wireless communication device, the method comprising:

discovering one or more available resources in a communication network;

dynamically assessing respective cost functions for performing a task on the handheld wireless communication device and on each of the discovered one or more available resources, each of the respective cost functions is based on one or more performance factors associated with one of the discovered one or more available resources or with the handheld wireless communication device;

detecting a change in the dynamically assessed respective cost functions; and

apportioning, based on the detected change in the dynamically assessed respective cost functions, the task for one or both of a local execution by the handheld wireless communication device and a remote execution by the discovered one or more available resources,

wherein at least one of the dynamically assessed respective cost functions is based on a user preference, the user preference indicating the performance of the task on at least one of the handheld wireless communication device or the discovered one or more available resources.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dynamically assessed respective cost functions are dependent on one or more factors comprising available communication bandwidth, available memory space, available CPU processing power, and available battery power.

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

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the weighting factors is based at least in part on a user preference.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the apportioning of the task for one or both of the local execution and the remote execution is based on a Quality of Service (QoS) associated with the local execution or the remote execution.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the apportioning of the task for one or both of the local execution and the remote execution is based on a priority associated with the local execution or the remote execution.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the apportioning of the task for one or both of the local execution and the remote execution is based on a latency associated with the local execution or the remote execution.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dynamically assessed respective cost functions are dependent on security requirements for the task.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program recorded thereon, the computer program configured to perform a method when executed on a computer, the method comprising:

discovering one or more available resources in a communication network;

assessing a local cost function for performing a task on a handheld wireless communication device, the local cost function is based on one or more performance factors associated with the handheld wireless communication device;

assessing remote cost functions for performing the task on each of the discovered one or more available resources, each of the remote cost functions is based on one or more performance factors associated with one of the discovered one or more available resources; and

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

wherein at least one of the assessed local and remote cost functions is based on a user preference, the user preference indicating the performance of the task on at least one of the handheld wireless communication device or the discovered one or more available resources.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, further comprising:

re-assessing the remote cost functions for performing the task; and

determining the change in the assessed local and remote cost functions using the re-assessed remote cost functions.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, wherein the remote cost functions for performing the task are dependent on one or more factors comprising available communication bandwidth, available memory space, available CPU processing power, and available battery power.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, wherein

the apportioning of the task for one or both of the local execution and the remote execution is based on a Quality of Service (QoS) associated with the local execution or the remote execution.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, wherein

the apportioning of the task for one or both of the local execution and the remote execution is based on a priority associated with the local execution or the remote execution.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9, wherein

the apportioning of the task for one or both of the local execution and the remote execution is based on a latency associated with the local execution or the remote execution.

15. A system comprising:

a handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) comprising one or more processors, the one or more processors being configured to;

discover one or more available resources in a communication network;

perform an initial assessment of respective cost functions for executing a task on the handheld wireless communication device and on each of the discovered one or more available resources, each of the respective cost functions is associated with the task and is based on one or more performance factors associated with one of the discovered one or more available resources or with the handheld wireless communication device;

apportion, based on the initially assessed respective cost functions, the task for one or both of a local execution by the handheld wireless communication device and a remote execution by the discovered one or more available resources; and

re-apportion, based on a change to the respective cost functions, the task for one or both of the local execution by the handheld wireless communication device and the remote execution by the discovered one or more available resources,

wherein at least one of the initially assessed respective cost functions is based on a user preference, the user preference indicating the performance of the task on at least one of the handheld wireless communication device or the discovered one or more available resources.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the initially assessed respective cost functions for executing the task are dependent on one or more factors comprising available communication bandwidth, available memory space, available CPU processing power, and available battery power.

17. The system according to claim 15, wherein the one or more processors is configured to apportion the task for one or both of the local execution and the remote execution based on a quality of service (QoS) associated with the task.

18. The system according to claim 15, wherein the one or more processors is configured to apportion the task for one or both of the local execution and the remote execution based on a priority associated with the task.

19. The system according to claim 15, wherein the one or more processors is configured to apportion the task for one or both of the local execution and the remote execution based on a latency associated with the task.