Mobile application traffic optimization

• US 10,638,358 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2018
• Issued: 04/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Petersen, Steve, Luna, Michael, Backholm, Ari
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US16/140,505
• Publication Number:
  US 20190028922A1
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/122 by diverting traffic away from congested entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/25 with rate being modified by the source upon detecting a change of network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]
• 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 67/2885 Hierarchically arranged intermediate devices, e.g. for hierarchical caching
• 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 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5683 Storage of data provided by user terminals, i.e. reverse caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0289 Congestion control load shedding arrangements in network planning H04W16/08; performing reselection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/10 Flow control between communication endpoints
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/25 Maintenance of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/182 Network node acting on behalf of an other network entity, e.g. proxy
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A system with distributed proxy for reducing traffic in a wireless network satisfies data requests made by a mobile application. The system includes a mobile device having a local proxy for intercepting a data request made by the mobile application. The local proxy simulates application server responses for the mobile application on the mobile device for data requests where responses are available in the local cache. A proxy server is coupled to the mobile device and an application server to which the data request is made. The proxy server is able to communicate with the local proxy. The local proxy forwards the data request to the proxy server for transmission to the application server for a response to the data request. The proxy server queries the application server for any changes to the data request that the mobile application has previously made and notifies the local proxy of such changes.

Claims

1. A mobile device having an established multiplexed connection for communicating over a wireless network, the mobile device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured for;

receiving a selection from a user whether to enable an application for fetching;

communicating over the established multiplexed connection, wherein the established multiplexed connection is a connection at an intermediary server that provides connectivity between an application server for the application and the mobile device;

predicting an activity session based on application access history, wherein the application access history includes historical application usage;

fetching data for the application before the activity session to support the predicted activity session before beginning the activity session, wherein the application is operating in a background of the mobile device, wherein the data is fetched if the fetching is enabled by the user selection for the application, wherein at least some of the fetched data is for background requests made by the application on the mobile device;

wherein fetching data occurs over a second connection that is other than the established multiplexed connection; and

disconnecting from the second connection.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the established multiplex connection is a TCP connection.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the application access history includes a pattern of multiple mobile application use on the mobile device.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the activity session is activated by the mobile device.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the fetching of the data can be enabled or disabled by a user selection such that fetching for multiple applications can be enabled or disabled by a single user selection.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising an application behavior detector to track application behavior.

7. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the application behavior can be used by the mobile device to adjust traffic by aligning content requests by applications.

8. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein data requests for multiple applications are aligned.

9. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the application access history includes a time of day of access.

10. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device initiates the second connection.

11. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the activity session occurs after a period of inactivity for the application supported by the activity session.

12. A method for communicating over a wireless network with an established multiplexed connection, the method comprising:

receiving a selection from a user whether to enable an application for fetching;

communicating over the established multiplexed connection, wherein the established multiplexed connection is a connection at an intermediary server that provides connectivity between an application server for the application and the mobile device;

predicting an activity session based on application access history, wherein the application access history includes historical application usage;

fetching data for the application before the activity session to support the predicted activity session before beginning the activity session, wherein the application is operating in a background of the mobile device, wherein the data is fetched if the fetching is enabled by the user selection for the application, wherein at least some of the fetched data is for background requests made by the application on the mobile device;

wherein fetching data occurs over a second connection that is other than the established multiplexed connection; and

disconnecting from the second connection.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the established multiplex connection is a TCP connection.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the application access history includes a pattern of multiple mobile application use on the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the activity session is activated by the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the fetching of the data can be enabled or disabled by a user selection such that fetching for multiple applications can be enabled or disabled by a single user selection.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising tracking application behavior.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the application behavior can be used by the mobile device to optimize traffic by aligning content requests by applications.