Method to save data usage in mobile devices based on prior history

• US 9,948,494 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bank, Judith H., Bradley, Lisa M., Quirk, Aaron J., Sun, Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): Elhag, Magdi
• Application Number:
  US14/868,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20170093671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 931 Days
• 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 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer

Abstract

A mobile device includes a network connection device capable of forming a communication connection to a cellular network and to a wi-fi network and communicating with an application server and an application capable of communicating through the both cellular and wi-fi networks device to a remote device. The mobile device also includes a context module that records and analyzes information about a user'"'"'s interactions with data provide to the device by the remote device. The context module modifies an API call between the application and the application server based on analysis of prior usage of the application and a current communication connection of the network device.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a network connection device capable of forming a communication connection to a cellular network and to a wi-fi network and communicating with an application server;

an application capable of communicating through the both cellular and wi-fi networks device to the application server; and

a context module that records and analyzes information about a user'"'"'s interactions with data provided to the device by the application server;

wherein the context module modifies an application programming interface (API) call between the application and the application server based on analysis of prior usage of the application and a current communication connection of the network device;

wherein the application is an electronic mail (e-mail) application and the application server is formed of at least two email servers, a first personal email server and a second business email server and wherein the API call is modified so only a subset of the user'"'"'s emails on the servers is provided to the mobile device.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the context module includes a context analyzer that analyzes the prior usage.

3. The mobile device of claim 2, wherein the context analyzer forms a summary of the prior usage and the context module modifies the API based on the summary.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the communication connection is a time limited wi-fi connection.