Network communication

• US 9,282,011 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Strahm, Frederick William, Saint-Hilaire, Ylian
• Primary Examiner(s): Tiv, Backhean
• Application Number:
  US12/981,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20110096741A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,895 Days
• Field of Search: 709/200, 709/227, 709/238
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0852 Delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0894 Packet rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Mobile devices are networked to servers using connections. The connections are monitored to select one or more connections as the active connection. Information from applications is aggregated and transmitted across the active connection in order to network the mobile devices to the servers.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a wireless device, establishing a first wireless connection to a home agent implementing a first communication protocol secured by a first security protocol;

at the wireless device establishing a second wireless connection to the home agent implementing a second communication protocol secured by a second security protocol;

selecting, at the wireless device, an active connection to the home agent from among connections including the first and second connections based on connection selection criteria including signal strength, transmittal rate, latency, cost of transmittal, and information route integrity; and

communicating information configured for the active connection via the selected active connection.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

communicating information configured for the first connection as the active information route prior to selecting the second connection as the active information route.

3. The method of claim 1 in which a single one of the connections is selected as the active connection.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising

monitoring the first and second connections for a parameter selected from the group consisting of signal strength, transmittal rate, latency, cost of transmittal, and information route integrity;

and

reselecting the active connections to optimize the parameter.

5. The method of claim 1 in which the information is communicated in packets that include aggregated information for more than one application.

6. The method of claim 1 in which the information includes a command that is effected by a module on the server.

7. The method of claim 6 in which the command causes the server to contact a remote system, receive a reply from the remote system, and effect a response without transmitting the reply to the device.

8. The method of claim 1 in which the information comprises an aggregation of information from applications, the extent of aggregation for each application being dependent on an indicator of priority for information exchange associated with each application.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising exclusively using the active connection for said communicating information.

10. A method comprising:

at a server, accepting two or more wireless connections having different communication protocols communicating information configured by a wireless device, wherein each communication protocol is secured with a different security protocol;

selecting one or more of the connections as an active connection to the wireless device based on connection selection criteria including signal strength, transmittal rate, latency, cost of transmittal, and information route integrity; and

communicating communication protocols information using the selected active connection.

11. The method of claim 10 in which a single one of the connections is selected as the active information route.

12. The method of claim 10 in which the information is communicated in packets, each of at least some of the packets includes aggregated information for different applications on the device.

13. The method of claim 10 in which the information includes a command for a module.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising effecting the command.

15. The method of claim 14 in which the module effects the command by contacting a remote server, receiving a reply from the remote server and effecting a response without transmitting the reply to the device.

16. The method of claim 10, in which the information is an aggregation of information for applications, the extent of aggregation for each application being dependent on an indicator of priority for information exchange associated with each application.

17. The method of claim 10 further comprising exclusively using the active connection for said communicating information configured for the communication channel.

18. An apparatus comprising a processor and software configured to cause the processor to:

establish a first wireless connection to a server via a first communication protocol secured by a first security protocol;

establish a second connection to the server via a second communication protocol secured by a second security protocol;

select an active connection from among a plurality of connections to the server including the first and second connections based connection selection criteria including signal strength, transmittal rate, latency, cost of transmittal, and information route integrity; and

communicate communication protocols information using the selected active connection.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 in which the processor is further configured to monitor the connections for a parameter selected from the group consisting of signal strength, transmittal rate, latency, cost of transmittal, and information route integrity;

and

reselect the active connection to optimize the parameter.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 in which the information is communicated in packets, each of at least some of the packets includes aggregated information for different local applications.

21. The apparatus of claim 18 in which the information includes commands that are effected by a module on the server.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, in which the processor is further configured to exclusively use the active connection for said communicate information configured for the communication channel.

23. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores machine-executable instructions, the instructions causing a machine to:

establish a first wireless connection to a server via a first communication protocol secured by a first security protocol;

establish a second connection to the server via a second communication protocol secured by a second security protocol;

select an active connection from among a plurality of connections to the server including the first and second connections based connection selection criteria including signal strength, transmittal rate, latency, cost of transmittal, and information route integrity; and

communicate communication protocols information using the selected active connection.

24. The article of claim 23 in which a single one of the connections is selected as the active connection.

25. The article of claim 23 in which the instructions further cause the machine to monitor the connections for a parameter selected from the group consisting of signal strength, transmittal rate, latency, cost of transmittal, and information route integrity;

and

reselect the active connection to optimize the parameter.

26. The article of claim 23 in which the information is communicated in packets, each of at least some of the packets includes aggregated information for different local applications.

27. The article of claim 23 in which the information includes commands that are effected by a module on the server.

28. The article of claim 23, in which the instructions further cause the machine to exclusively use the active connection for said communicate information configured for the communication channel.

29. A system comprising:

a device, a server, and communication links, in which the device is configured to;

establish a first wireless connection to a server via a first communication protocol secured by a first security protocol;

establish a second connection to the server via a second communication protocol secured by a second security protocol;

select an active connection to the server from among the first and second connections based on a connection selection criteria including signal strength, transmittal rate, latency, cost of transmittal, and information route integrity; and

communicate communication protocols information configured for the communication channel using the selected active connection.

30. The system of claim 29 in which the device is further configured to monitor the connections for a parameter selected from the group consisting of signal strength, transmittal rate, latency, cost of transmittal, and connection integrity;

and

reselect the active connection to optimize the parameter.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein the device is further configured to exclusively use the active connection for said communicate information configured for the communication channel.