Client device and host device subscriptions

• US 9,894,009 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Bentley, Devlin David, Pope, Katie, Shaffer, Paul D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chea, Philip
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ma, Wing
• Application Number:
  US14/609,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20160065491A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: 709226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/78 Architectures of resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications

Abstract

A client computing device establishes a plurality of subscriptions to store published data from data sources of the client device in a subscription buffer. In response to receiving, from a remote subscription dispatcher of a host computing device, a read request for data published by data sources of the client computing device, one or more data packets including published data stored in the subscription buffer are sent to the host computing device.

Claims

1. A battery-powered client computing device comprising:

a battery configured to power the client computing device;

a wireless communication interface configured to establish a wireless communication channel with a host computing device;

a logic machine; and

a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to;

communicate, via the wireless communication interface, with the host computing device using a host-mediated transport layer protocol in which only the host computing device initiates communication between the battery-powered client computing device and the host computing device;

establish a plurality of subscriptions to receive data published by a plurality of data sources of the battery-powered client computing device, each subscription corresponding to a different data source;

in response to receiving published data from any data source of the battery-powered client computing device via a subscription, store the published data in a subscription buffer; and

in response to receiving, from a remote subscription dispatcher of the host computing device via the host-mediated transport layer protocol, a read request for data published by data sources of the battery-powered client computing device in accordance with the plurality of subscriptions, send, via the wireless communication interface, to the host computing device one or more data packets including published data stored in the subscription buffer.

2. The battery-powered client computing device of claim 1, wherein published data provided by all data sources to which a subscription has been established is sent in response to receiving the read request for client data from the remote subscription dispatcher of the host computing device.

3. The battery-powered client computing device of claim 1, wherein the storage machine further holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

receive, from the remote subscription dispatcher of the host computing device, a plurality of subscription requests, each subscription request including a data source identifier that identifies a data source of the battery-powered client computing device, and wherein the plurality of subscriptions are established responsive to receiving the plurality of subscription requests.

4. The battery-powered client computing device of claim 1, wherein the subscription buffer includes a data slot corresponding to each subscription, and wherein the storage machine further holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

in response to receiving published data, from a data source via a subscription, store the published data in the data slot corresponding to the subscription.

5. The battery-powered client computing device of claim 4, wherein the one or more data packets include published data stored in the data slots corresponding to the plurality of subscriptions.

6. The battery-powered client computing device of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more data packets includes a data source identifier that identifies a data source that provided the published data included in the data packet.

7. The battery-powered client computing device of claim 6, wherein the one or more data packets include a missed sample count indicating a number of times the data source has published data to the subscription buffer since a last read request was received from the remote subscription dispatcher of the host computing device.

8. The battery-powered client computing device of claim 1, further comprising:

a wired communication interface configured to communicate with the host computing device; and

wherein the storage machine holds instructions executable by the logic machine to;

communicate with the host computing device via both the wired communication interface and the wireless communication interface using the same host-mediated transport layer protocol.

9. A method for subscribing to published data with a host computing device, the method comprising:

sending, to a remote subscription manager of a client computing device, a plurality of subscription requests to receive data published by data sources of the client computing device;

periodically sending, to the remote subscription manager of the client computing device, a read request for data published by data sources to which the plurality of subscriptions were requested, the read request being sent according to a periodic interval;

receiving from the remote subscription manager of the client computing device a plurality of data packets including published data provided by data sources of the client computing device to which the plurality of subscriptions were requested, each of the plurality of data packets including a data source identifier and a missed sample count, the data source identifier identifying a data source that provided the published data included in the data packet, and the missed sample count indicating a number of times the data source has published data to a subscription buffer of the client computing device since a last read request was received by the remote subscription manager of the client computing device;

adjusting the periodic interval to an updated periodic interval based on the missed sample count of the plurality of data packets; and

sending a read request for published data to the remote subscription manager of the client computing device in accordance with the updated periodic interval.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of modules of the host computing device, a plurality of subscription requests to receive published data;

establishing, for each data source to which a subscription was requested, a list of modules that subscribe to receive data published by the data source; and

in response to receiving the plurality of data packets, from the remote subscription manager of the client computing device, for each of the plurality of data packets, sending the data packet to the modules on the list of modules that subscribe to the data source corresponding to the data source identifier in the data packet.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

for each of the plurality of data packets, removing the data source identifier and the missed sample count from the data packet prior to sending the data packet to the modules.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein adjusting the periodic interval includes decreasing the periodic interval if a missed sample count of any of the plurality of data packets is greater than a threshold value, and increasing the periodic interval if a missed sample count of each of the plurality of data packets is zero.

13. A battery-powered, wearable client computing device comprising:

a battery configured to power the battery-powered, wearable client computing device;

a plurality of sensors configured to measure physical parameters of a wearer of the battery-powered, wearable client computing device;

a wireless communication interface configured to establish a wireless communication channel with a mobile telephone;

a logic machine; and

a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to;

communicate, via the wireless communication interface, with the mobile telephone using a host-mediated transport layer protocol in which only the mobile telephone initiates communication between the battery-powered, wearable client computing device and the mobile telephone;

establish a plurality of subscriptions to receive data published by the plurality of sensors, each subscription corresponding to a different sensor;

in response to receiving published data from any sensor of the battery-powered, wearable client computing device via a subscription, store the published data in a subscription buffer;

receive, from a remote subscription dispatcher of the mobile telephone via the host-mediated transport layer protocol, a read request for data published by sensors of the battery-powered, wearable client computing device; and

send, to the mobile telephone via the wireless communication interface, one or more data packets including published data stored in the subscription buffer.

14. The battery-powered, wearable client computing device of claim 13, wherein published data provided by all sensors to which a subscription has been established is sent in response to receiving the read request for client data from the remote subscription dispatcher of the mobile telephone.

15. The battery-powered, wearable client computing device of claim 13, wherein the storage machine further holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

receive, from the remote subscription dispatcher of the mobile telephone, a plurality of subscription requests, each subscription request including a sensor identifier that identifies a sensor of the battery-powered, wearable client computing device, and wherein the plurality of subscriptions are established responsive to receiving the plurality of subscription requests.

16. The battery-powered, wearable client computing device of claim 13, wherein the subscription buffer includes a data slot corresponding to each subscription, and wherein the storage machine further holds instructions executable by the logic machine to:

in response to receiving published data, from a sensor via a subscription, store the published data in the data slot corresponding to the subscription.

17. The battery-powered, wearable client computing device of claim 16, wherein the one or more data packets include published data stored in the data slots corresponding to the plurality of subscriptions.

18. The battery-powered, wearable client computing device of claim 13, wherein each of the one or more data packets includes a sensor identifier that identifies a sensor that provided the published data included in the data packet.

19. The battery-powered, wearable client computing device of claim 18, wherein the one or more data packets include a missed sample count indicating a number of times the sensor has published data since a last read request was received from the remote subscription dispatcher of the mobile telephone.

20. The battery-powered, wearable client computing device of claim 13, further comprising:

a wired communication interface configured to communicate with the mobile telephone; and

wherein the storage machine holds instructions executable by the logic machine to;

communicate with the mobile telephone via both the wired communication interface and the wireless communication interface using the same host-mediated transport layer protocol.