Secure WiFi using predictive analytics
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for determining WiFi network bandwidth needed in support of WiFi pathway service at an event, the method comprising executing on a processor:
- predicting a total attendance within a venue of the event and within a communication range of a designated WiFi service node by users of mobile programmable devices that are each operating a first application, wherein the predicting is a function of a determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event and an input that is selected from the group consisting of an available occupancy of the venue, a historical attendance of the users of the units of the mobile programmable device at similar events within similar venues, and a relation of a time of the event to a time period known to have an impact on event attendance relative to other times;
predicting data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance as a function of historic data usage relevant to the predicted attendance, of historic data usage relevant to the venue for the event, and of the determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event;
predicting a bandwidth requirement for usage of a first WiFi pathway of the designated WiFi node for a plurality of requests by the units of the mobile programmable device as a function of the predicted attendance, of the predicted data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance, and of projected data sizes of the requests; and
dynamically adjusting bandwidth of the first WiFi pathway as a function of the predicted bandwidth requirement.
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Abstract
Aspects automatically direct data requests from a specific application of a mobile programmable device to a designated WiFi network pathway without interaction from a mobile device user in response to determining that an initial data network pathway does not meet a satisfactory service threshold for forwarding the data requests to an event web server. Aspects also predict total attendance within a venue of the event and within a communication range of a designated WiFi service node by device users as function of real-time levels of social media following activity associated with the event and an available venue occupancy, a historical attendance at similar events within similar venues, and a time of the event. Aspects predicting a bandwidth requirement for usage of a WiFi pathway of the WiFi node for requests as a function of the predicted attendance.
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14 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for determining WiFi network bandwidth needed in support of WiFi pathway service at an event, the method comprising executing on a processor:
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predicting a total attendance within a venue of the event and within a communication range of a designated WiFi service node by users of mobile programmable devices that are each operating a first application, wherein the predicting is a function of a determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event and an input that is selected from the group consisting of an available occupancy of the venue, a historical attendance of the users of the units of the mobile programmable device at similar events within similar venues, and a relation of a time of the event to a time period known to have an impact on event attendance relative to other times; predicting data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance as a function of historic data usage relevant to the predicted attendance, of historic data usage relevant to the venue for the event, and of the determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event; predicting a bandwidth requirement for usage of a first WiFi pathway of the designated WiFi node for a plurality of requests by the units of the mobile programmable device as a function of the predicted attendance, of the predicted data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance, and of projected data sizes of the requests; and dynamically adjusting bandwidth of the first WiFi pathway as a function of the predicted bandwidth requirement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system, comprising:
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a processor; a computer readable memory in circuit communication with the processor; and a computer-readable storage medium in circuit communication with the processor and the computer readable memory; wherein the processor, when executing program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium via the computer readable memory; predicts a total attendance within a venue of an event and within a communication range of a designated WiFi service node by users of mobile programmable devices that are each operating a first application, wherein the predicting is a function of a determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event and an input that is selected from the group consisting of an available occupancy of the venue, a historical attendance of the users of the units of the mobile programmable device at similar events within similar venues, and a relation of a time of the event to a time period known to have an impact on event attendance relative to other times; predicts data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance as a function of historic data usage relevant to the predicted attendance, historic data usage relevant to the venue for the event, and of the determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event; predicts a bandwidth requirement for usage of a first WiFi pathway of the designated WiFi node for a plurality of requests by the units of the mobile programmable device as a function of the predicted attendance, of the predicted data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance, and of projected data sizes of the requests; and dynamically adjusts bandwidth of the first WiFi pathway as a function of the predicted bandwidth requirement. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for determining WiFi network bandwidth needed in support of WiFi pathway service at an event, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable hardware storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to; predict a total attendance within a venue of an event and within a communication range of a designated WiFi service node by users of mobile programmable devices that are each operating a first application, wherein the predicting is a function of a determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event and an input that is selected from the group consisting of an available occupancy of the venue, a historical attendance of the users of the units of the mobile programmable device at similar events within similar venues, and a relation of a time of the event to a time period known to have an impact on event attendance relative to other times; predict data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance as a function of historic data usage relevant to the predicted attendance, historic data usage relevant to the venue for the event, and of the determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event; predict a bandwidth requirement for usage of a first WiFi pathway of the designated WiFi node for a plurality of requests by the units of the mobile programmable device as a function of the predicted attendance, of the predicted data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance, and of projected data sizes of the requests; and dynamically adjust bandwidth of the first WiFi pathway as a function of the predicted bandwidth requirement. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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