Open wireless architecture (OWA) mobile cloud infrastructure and method

• US 9,084,281 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2012
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Palo Alto Research, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dexi Lu, Jianhong Hu, Michael Lu, Wei Lu
• Inventors: Lu, Wei, Hu, Jianhong, Lu, Michael, Lu, Dexi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, ANDREW CHUNG CHEUNG
• Application Number:
  US13/563,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20120296963A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,078 Days
• Field of Search: 370/389, 370/352, 370/328, 370/338, 370/401, 455/408, 455/436, 455/445, 455/422.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/00 Network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A future mobile terminal converging multiple wireless transmission technologies by utilizing a cost-effective and spectrum-efficient mobile cloud solution by introducing Virtual Mobile Server (VMS) and Virtual Register and Call Switch (VR/CS) systems and methods based on the innovative open wireless architecture (OWA) technology platform, and the mobile terminal extended to other mobile cloud clients including computer terminal and television terminal fully synchronized through the VMS.

Claims

1. A system for open wireless architecture (OWA) mobile cloud infrastructure, said system comprising:

a) Mobile Terminal as mobile cloud client connecting to Internet with optimized OWA IP (Internet Protocol) Connection in the priority order of wireline network, wireless local area network (WLAN), wireless personal access network (WPAN), broadband wireless access (BWA) network and cellular mobile network,

b) Computer Terminal, Television (TV) Terminal, Monitor Terminal and Projector Terminal as other mobile cloud clients connecting to Internet with IP connection through said wireline network or said WLAN, and

c) Virtual Mobile Server as mobile cloud server connecting to Internet with IP connection through said wireline network, wherein said virtual mobile server further comprises Mobile Terminal Processing unit managing and synchronizing bandwidth optimization, signal processing, application processing and networking processing for said mobile terminal, Mobile Applications unit and Data Centers utilized to host public or private mobile application platforms, on-line stores, on-line servers, cloud servers, development platforms, users data and application data, and Terminal Clients Synchronization Management unit to schedule and control synchronization process between said mobile terminal and said other mobile cloud clients including said computer terminal and said TV terminal, wherein both said mobile terminal client and said other mobile cloud client(s) keep fully synchronized through said virtual mobile server and said mobile terminal client is enabled to push applications and contents to or pop applications and contents from said other mobile cloud client(s) after said other mobile cloud client(s) synchronized to said virtual mobile server.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said mobile terminal can be any wireless or mobile terminal equipment including mobile device, handheld device, mobile computing device, smartphone, tablet, laptop, notebook for mobile Internet, device of Internet of Things (IoT), device of cyber physical systems, device of ubiquitous networks, device of sensor networks, and said mobile terminal can be extended to said other mobile cloud clients including said computer terminal and said TV terminal.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said OWA IP connection refers to IP connection to Internet through IP over said wireline network, IP over said WLAN, IP over said WPAN, IP over said BWA or IP over said cellular mobile network, wherein said IP refers to standard IP, IP version 6 or any Packet Division Multiplexed (PDM) protocol.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said computer terminal and said TV terminal are synchronized to said virtual mobile server with said IP connections through said wireline network or said WLAN with synchronization priority order preset or re-set by users.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said mobile terminal can push its applications and contents to or pop interested applications and contents from said computer terminal, said TV terminal or other terminals through said virtual mobile server by synchronizing said mobile terminal, said computer terminal, said TV terminal and said other terminals to said virtual mobile server, wherein said push or said pop priority order list of said computer terminal, said TV terminal and said other terminals is defined and updated by users.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said virtual mobile server can integrate into TV system of said TV terminal or computer system of said computer terminal for home application or office application in a cost-effective and performance-efficient way.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said TV terminal relates to large screen display terminal displaying information contents either from television broadcasting channels or from Internet sources or from off-line content players such as media players or information storage players, and said computer terminal relates to desktop computer terminal, enterprise computer terminal, industrial computer terminal or portable computer terminal, wherein said computer terminal, said TV terminal and said virtual mobile server through said wireline networks can have extremely high-speed connections to Internet and between each other.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said mobile terminal, said computer terminal, said TV terminal and said other terminals support full IP services including IP voice, IP data, IP video and IP multimedia.

9. A method for open wireless architecture (OWA) mobile cloud infrastructure, said method comprising:

a) connecting mobile cloud clients that include mobile terminal client, computer terminal client and television (TV) terminal client to Virtual Mobile Server as Mobile cloud server when Internet Protocol (IP) connection is established to said mobile cloud clients,

b) reporting IP addresses of said mobile cloud clients to said virtual mobile server in Terminal Clients IP Address Table of said virtual mobile server,

c) always keeping said mobile terminal client synchronized to said virtual mobile server when said mobile terminal client has said IP connection,

d) keeping other mobile cloud clients that include said computer terminal client and said TV terminal client not synchronized to said virtual mobile server even though said other mobile cloud clients have said IP connections,

e) synchronizing said virtual mobile server with said other mobile cloud client(s) after said mobile terminal client enables push/pop request to said other mobile cloud client(s),

f) keeping both said mobile terminal client and said other mobile cloud client(s) fully synchronized through said virtual mobile server and enabling said mobile terminal client to push applications and contents to or pop applications and contents from said other mobile cloud client(s) after said other mobile cloud client(s) synchronized to said virtual mobile server,

g) closing synchronization of said virtual mobile server with said other mobile cloud client(s) after said mobile terminal client disables said push/pop request to said other mobile cloud client(s), and

h) keeping said other mobile cloud clients connected to Internet, further to said virtual mobile server through said IP connection when said other mobile cloud clients are not synchronized to said virtual mobile server.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein said other mobile cloud clients can also synchronize each other by sending individual synchronization request to said virtual mobile server and get synchronized through said virtual mobile server.

11. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein said mobile terminal client can request said virtual mobile server to remain always synchronized with one or more said other mobile cloud client(s) to ensure seamless handover, synchronous operation and lossless switch of shared applications and contents by setting synchronization status ON for said requested other mobile cloud client(s) in Terminal Clients Synchronization Status Table of said virtual mobile server.

12. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein said mobile terminal client can also request said virtual mobile server to set synchronization priority list for said other mobile cloud clients in Terminal Clients Synchronization Priority Table of said virtual mobile server, and said synchronization priority list can be updated or re-set by users through said mobile terminal client.

13. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein said synchronization among said mobile cloud clients including said mobile terminal client, said computer terminal client and said TV terminal client is seamless because each said mobile cloud client is fully synchronized to said virtual mobile server, and centrally controlled by said virtual mobile server.

14. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein said mobile terminal client has can have optimized and best-of-effort high-speed connection to Internet and further to said virtual mobile server based on OWA transmission optimization for said mobile terminal client in the priority order of wireline network, wireless local area network (WLAN), wireless personal access network (WPAN), broadband wireless access (BWA) network and cellular mobile network for cost-effective and spectrum-efficient purpose.

15. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein said OWA transmission optimization for said mobile terminal client is based on the criteria of transmission bandwidth, cost effectiveness and spectrum efficiency for said mobile terminal client, wherein said criteria is defined as Quality of Wireless (QoW) connections for said OWA transmission optimization.

16. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein with optimized wireless connections for said mobile terminal client based on said OWA transmission optimization, said mobile terminal client can push said applications and contents to or pop said applications and contents from said computer terminal client, said TV terminal client or said other mobile cloud clients anywhere and anytime in different locations directly from said virtual mobile server fully synchronized.

17. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein while said pushed applications and contents from said mobile terminal client to said computer terminal client or said TV terminal client through said virtual mobile server can be transparent without any limitation, said popped applications and contents from said computer terminal client or said TV terminal client to said mobile terminal client through said virtual mobile server must be optimized and processed in said Mobile Applications unit of said virtual mobile server to optimize system performance, save transmission bandwidth and minimize power consumption in said mobile terminal client.

18. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein said pushed and said popped applications and contents include real-time voice, video and multimedia, or non-real-time message, data, file, webpage.

19. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein said virtual mobile server as mobile cloud server can be any computer or networking server in Cloud infrastructure seamlessly synchronized with said mobile terminal client, said computer terminal client and said TV terminal client, managed by said mobile terminal client.

20. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein said other mobile cloud clients including said computer terminal client and said TV terminal client can also retrieve, copy, play saved applications or contents of said mobile terminal client directly from said virtual mobile server.