Exchanging data associated with a communication session within a communications system

• US 9,100,459 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, James M., Santhanam, Arvind V., Barrientos, Alejandro, George, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Oanh
• Application Number:
  US13/096,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20120102131A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,559 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709223-224, 709/207, 709/240, 709/232, 715/736, 718/103
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/27 Evaluation or update of window size, e.g. using information derived from acknowledged [ACK] packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1089 by adding media; by removing media
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria

Abstract

In an embodiment, objects are downloaded to an access terminal (AT) based on which window(s) are prominently displayed on the AT. In another embodiment, objects are downloaded to the AT based on a set of user-specified object download priorities. In another embodiment, a portion of a streaming data session to the AT is de-prioritized in response to a transition of a display of the AT from a first set of windows associated with the streaming data session to a second set of windows associated with a different session. For example, the de-prioritization can result in the portion (e.g., a video-portion of a audio and video conference) being omitted or reduced. In another embodiment, in response to the AT entering a limited environment, objects being downloaded to the AT can be dynamically altered to conform with the AT'"'"'s limited environment.

Claims

1. A method of downloading objects to an access terminal, comprising:

determining to download a plurality of objects to the access terminal;

identifying at least one current active window that is prominently displayed by the access terminal;

configuring a request for the plurality of objects that indicates a higher priority for a first set of the plurality of objects associated with the at least one current active window than a second set of the plurality of objects associated with one or more windows that are not prominently displayed by the access terminal; and

transmitting the configured request for the plurality of objects.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the configured request is transmitted to an application server from which the plurality of objects are to be downloaded.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the configured request is transmitted to another access terminal from which the plurality of objects are to be transmitted.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a higher proportion of the at least one current active window is displayed via a display of the access terminal as compared to the one or more windows.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one current active window is fully-viewable on the display and the one or more windows that are not prominently displayed by the access terminal are not displayed on the display.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of the plurality of objects are associated with a first set of websites corresponding to the at least one current active window and the second set of the plurality of objects are associated with a second set of websites corresponding to the one or more windows that are not prominently displayed by the access terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

downloading the plurality of objects in accordance with a download order that prioritizes the first set of the plurality of objects over the second set of plurality of objects.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

detecting, during the downloading, that the at least one current active window is no longer prominently displayed by the access terminal;

configuring, in response to the detection, one or more supplemental messages that indicate a lower priority for the first set of the plurality of objects;

transmitting the configured one or more supplemental messages; and

continuing to download the plurality of objects in accordance with another download order that does not prioritize the first set of the plurality of objects over the second set of plurality of objects.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

detecting, during the downloading, that at least one additional window is now being prominently displayed by the access terminal;

configuring, in response to the detection, one or more supplemental messages that indicate a higher priority for a third set of the plurality of objects associate with the at least one additional window;

transmitting the configured one or more supplemental messages; and

continuing to download the plurality of objects in accordance with another download order that allocates the higher priority to the third set of the plurality of objects.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the higher priority for the first set of the plurality of objects is determined based on the identifying.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the configured request indicates the higher priority for the first set of the plurality of objects via an explicit indication that the first set of the plurality of objects is associated with the at least one current active window.

12. A communications device configured to download objects to an access terminal, comprising:

means for determining to download a plurality of objects to the access terminal;

means for identifying at least one current active window that is prominently displayed by the access terminal;

means for configuring a request for the plurality of objects that indicate a higher priority for a first set of the plurality of objects associated with the at least one current active window than a second set of the plurality of objects associated with one or more windows that are not prominently displayed by the access terminal; and

means for transmitting the configured request for the plurality of objects.

13. The communications device of claim 12, wherein the communications device corresponds to the access terminal.

14. The communications device of claim 12, wherein the communications device corresponds to an application server arbitrating a file-transfer session between the access terminal and another access terminal.

15. A communications device configured to download objects to an access terminal, comprising:

logic configured to determine to download a plurality of objects to the access terminal;

logic configured to identify at least one current active window that is prominently displayed by the access terminal;

logic configured to configure a request for the plurality of objects that indicate a higher priority for a first set of the plurality of objects associated with the at least one current active window than a second set of the plurality of objects associated with one or more windows that are not prominently displayed by the access terminal; and

logic configured to transmit the configured request for the plurality of objects.

16. The communications device of claim 15, wherein the communications device corresponds to the access terminal.

17. The communications device of claim 15, wherein the communications device corresponds to an application server arbitrating a file-transfer session between the access terminal and another access terminal.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions stored therein, which, when executed by a communications device configured to download objects to an access terminal, cause the communications device to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

program code to determine to download a plurality of objects to the access terminal;

program code to identify at least one current active window that is prominently displayed by the access terminal;

program code to configure a request for the plurality of objects that indicate a higher priority for a first set of the plurality of objects associated with the at least one current active window than a second set of the plurality of objects associated with one or more windows that are not prominently displayed by the access terminal; and

program code to transmit the configured request for the plurality of objects.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the communications device corresponds to the access terminal.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the communications device corresponds to an application server arbitrating a file-transfer session between the access terminal and another access terminal.