Cellular data communication for mobile devices

• US 9,730,037 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2010
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Sharma, Ashish, Navda, Vishnu, Ramjee, Ramachandran, Padmanabhan, Venkata N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan, Hua
• Application Number:
  US12/816,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20110314121A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,610 Days
• Field of Search: 709217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• 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

Abstract

A method for managing data communication of a mobile device in a mobile network is provided. The method may include receiving a request, at a cloud proxy, to retrieve Internet data from the Internet. The request may originate from an application, and the Internet data may have a plurality unique objects. The method may also include aggregating the Internet data and two or more of the unique objects from the Internet. Furthermore, the method may include forwarding the Internet data and the two or more unique objects to the mobile device in one transmission.

Claims

1. A method for managing data communication of a mobile device in a mobile network, comprising:

receiving one or more requests, at the mobile device from a client device, to retrieve Internet data having a plurality of unique objects;

forwarding the one or more requests from the mobile device to a cloud proxy;

aggregating at the cloud proxy the Internet data and two or more of the unique objects from the Internet;

forwarding the Internet data and the two or more unique objects from the cloud proxy to the mobile device in one transmission;

sending the Internet data and the two or more unique objects from the mobile device to the client device;

receiving an additional request at an assembler stored on the mobile device to retrieve Internet data;

determining if the additional request is for a new web page or a unique object of a previously requested web page;

forwarding the additional request to the cloud proxy if the additional request is for a new web page;

if the additional request is for a unique object of a previously requested web page, determining whether the assembler has received a transmission containing the unique object of the previously requested web page; and

if it is determined that the assembler has not received the unique object of the previously requested web page, preventing only requests for the unique object of the previously requested web page from being communicated to the cloud proxy until a transmission is received at the assembler containing the unique object of the previously requested web page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more requests are received in one transmission.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device maintains a Hypertext Transfer Protocol persistent connection with the cloud proxy.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein downloading the Internet data comprises downloading a web page.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein aggregating the web page comprises creating a browser instance in the cloud proxy, the browser instance having a web address associated with the web page.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein downloading the web page comprises downloading the unique objects from a plurality of servers.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device provides an Internet connection for a client device in the mobile network, and wherein the application is stored on the client device.

8. A method for managing data communication of a mobile device in a mobile network, comprising:

receiving from a client proxy a request at an assembler stored on the mobile device, the request originating from a web browser;

determining if the request is for a new web page or an unique object of a previously requested web page;

if the request is for the new web page, forwarding the request to a cloud proxy;

if the additional request is for a unique object of a previously requested web page, determining whether the assembler has received a transmission containing the unique object of the previously requested web page; and

if it is determined that the assembler has not received the unique object of the previously requested web page, preventing only requests for the unique object of the previously requested web page from being communicated to the cloud proxy until transmission is received at the assembler containing the unique object of the previously requested web page.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the client proxy is stored on the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

temporarily storing an additional unique object received from the previously requested web page; and

serving the additional unique object upon receipt of a request for the additional unique object from the web browser.

11. A mobile network, comprising:

a client device comprising an application;

a mobile device in communication with the client device; and

a cloud proxy in communication with the mobile device, the cloud proxy comprising;

at least one processor; and

a memory comprising program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

receive a first request from the application to retrieve Internet data having a plurality of unique objects;

aggregate the Internet data and two or more of the unique objects from the Internet;

forward the Internet data and the two or more unique objects to the client device in one transmission;

receive a second request to retrieve Internet data;

determine if the second request is for a new web page or a unique object of a previously requested web page;

forward the second request to the cloud proxy if the second request is for a new web page;

if the second request is for a unique object of a previously requested web page, determining whether the assembler has received a transmission containing the unique object of the previously requested web page; and

if it is determined that the assembler has not received the unique object of the previously requested web page, preventing only requests for the unique object of the previously requested web page from being communicated to the cloud proxy until a transmission is received at the assembler containing the unique object of the previously requested web page.

12. The mobile network of claim 11, wherein the mobile device forwards the first request from the client device to the cloud proxy.

13. The mobile network of claim 11, wherein the mobile device provides an Internet connection for the client device.

14. The mobile network of claim 11, wherein the plurality of unique objects are downloaded from a plurality of servers.

15. The mobile network of claim 11, wherein the program instructions configured to download the Internet data comprises program instructions configured to download a web page.

16. The mobile network of claim 11, wherein the application is a web browser stored on the client device.

17. The mobile network of claim 11, wherein the cloud proxy sends the unique object from the second request along with one or more additional unique objects and Internet data to the mobile device in one transmission.

18. The mobile network of claim 12, wherein the cloud proxy sends the Internet data and the two or more unique objects to the mobile device and the mobile device forwards, in one transmission, the Internet data and the two or more unique objects to the client device.

19. The mobile network of claim 11, wherein the mobile device maintains a Hypertext Transfer Protocol persistent connection with the cloud proxy.

20. The mobile network of claim 11, wherein aggregating the Internet data comprises creating a browser instance in the cloud proxy, the browser instance having a web address associated with a web page.