Wake pattern management

• US 9,596,153 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2016
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Thaler, David G., Srinivasan, Kamalavasan, Ritz, Andrew J., Gatta, Srinivas Raghu, Ertugay, Osman N., Gaddehosur, Poornananda R., Anipko, Dmitry A.
• Primary Examiner(s): JACOBS, LASHONDA T
• Application Number:
  US15/018,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20160226727A1
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3209 Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/349 for interfaces, buses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/448 Execution paradigms, e.g. implementations of programming paradigms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0894 Packet rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0264 by selectively disabling software applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Wake pattern management techniques are described. In one or more implementations, network traffic received by a network interface device of a computing device is monitored and a traffic pattern is recognized in the monitored network traffic. An application of the computing device is identified that corresponds to the recognized traffic pattern and responsive to this identification, at least a portion of the identified application is woken.

Claims

1. A method, implemented by a computing device that includes one or more processors, for maintaining one or more notification channels, the method comprising:

calculating a keep alive interval that defines an interval between network communications that is sufficient to maintain a notification channel between one or more applications of the computing device and an endpoint;

using the keep alive interval to maintain one or more notification channels between the one or more applications of the computing device and the endpoint; and

adjusting the keep alive interval based on monitored usage of the keep alive interval.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating the keep alive interval is based on a server timeout interval of the endpoint.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the server timeout interval of the endpoint is specified by an application configured to communicate with the endpoint.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein calculating the keep alive interval is based on a network timeout interval of the endpoint.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the keep alive interval comprises adjusting the keep alive interval downward when at least one of the one or more notification channels has ceased to function due to reaching a network or service timeout interval.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein using the keep alive interval to maintain the one or more notification channels comprises communicating with the endpoint when at least one of the one or more communication channels reaches the keep alive interval without involving network communication.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the keep alive interval is calculated and adjusted by an operating system of the computing device.

8. A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the computing device to maintain one or more notification channels, the computer-executable instructions including instructions that are executable to cause the computing device to perform at least the following;

calculate a keep alive interval that defines an interval between network communications that is sufficient to maintain a notification channel between one or more applications of the computing device and an endpoint;

use the keep alive interval to maintain one or more notification channels between the one or more applications of the computing device and the endpoint; and

adjust the keep alive interval based on monitored usage of the keep alive interval.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein calculating the keep alive interval is based on a server timeout interval of the endpoint.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the server timeout interval of the endpoint is specified by an application configured to communicate with the endpoint.

11. The computing device of claim 8, wherein calculating the keep alive interval is based on a network timeout interval of the endpoint.

12. The computing device of claim 8, wherein adjusting the keep alive interval comprises adjusting the keep alive interval downward when at least one of the one or more notification channels has ceased to function due to reaching a network or service timeout interval.

13. The computing device of claim 8, wherein using the keep alive interval to maintain the one or more notification channels comprises communicating with the endpoint when at least one of the one or more communication channels reaches the keep alive interval without involving network communication.

14. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the keep alive interval is calculated and adjusted by an operating system of the computing device.

15. A computer program product comprising one or more hardware storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are executable by one or more processors of a computing device to cause the computing device to maintain one or more notification channels, the computer-executable instructions including instructions that are executable to cause the computing device to perform at least the following:

calculate a keep alive interval that defines an interval between network communications that is sufficient to maintain a notification channel between one or more applications of the computing device and an endpoint;

use the keep alive interval to maintain one or more notification channels between the one or more applications of the computing device and the endpoint; and

adjust the keep alive interval based on monitored usage of the keep alive interval.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein calculating the keep alive interval is based on a server timeout interval of the endpoint.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the server timeout interval of the endpoint is specified by an application configured to communicate with the endpoint.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein calculating the keep alive interval is based on a network timeout interval of the endpoint.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein adjusting the keep alive interval comprises adjusting the keep alive interval downward when at least one of the one or more notification channels has ceased to function due to reaching a network or service timeout interval.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the keep alive interval is calculated and adjusted by an operating system of the computing device.