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Apparatus and method for delivery control of application data to a mobile device in a communication network

  • US 9,380,125 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2012
  • Issued: 06/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of buffering application data operable at a delivery control server, comprising:

  • receiving information that identifies applications used by a mobile device at the delivery control server from the mobile device;

    transmitting, by the delivery control server, a notification to one or more application servers associated with the identified applications to push application data to the delivery control server instead of the mobile device;

    receiving a request to buffer application data for the identified applications at the delivery control server, wherein the request is received from the mobile device, the request is adapted to request the delivery control server to buffer a portion of the application data in accordance with a selection criteria, and the selection criteria comprises delay tolerance of the application data;

    receiving, from the one or more application servers at the delivery control server, an application data transmission for at least one of the identified applications used by the mobile device;

    storing the received application data in a buffer as a result of receiving the request by the delivery control server;

    receiving an activity notification from the mobile device by the delivery control server indicating an opportunity to transmit the buffered data to the mobile device; and

    transmitting the buffered application data to the mobile device by the delivery control server in response to the activity notification.

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