Information delivery system, information delivery method, and server apparatus

• US 10,645,571 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yokota, Koichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean A
• Application Number:
  US16/199,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20190182661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1021 based on client or server locations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An information delivery system includes a server apparatus and a plurality of information processing apparatuses that deliver an application to a terminal device, wherein the server apparatus specifies the terminal device to which the application is delivered in accordance with a positional relationship between a first information processing apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses and the terminal device, and makes a delivery request of the application that is to be delivered to the specified terminal device to another information processing apparatus that differs from the first information processing apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses based on a load of delivery of the application of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, and wherein the plurality of information processing apparatuses deliver the application to the terminal device in accordance with the delivery request when receiving the delivery request from the server apparatus.

Claims

1. An information delivery system comprising:

a plurality of information processing apparatuses that deliver an application to a plurality of terminal devices; and

a server apparatus that;

specifies a first terminal device to which the application is delivered in accordance with a positional relationship between the first terminal device and a first information processing apparatus among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, the load of application delivery of the first information processing apparatus being equal to or greater than a predetermined value and wherein the first terminal device moves from an outside of a service coverage area of the first information processing apparatus toward the service coverage area,

transmits a delivery request of the application to a second information processing apparatus, among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, that differs from the first information processing apparatus, the second information processing apparatus being communicatively connected to the first terminal device, and

stores terminal information including position information of the first terminal device and information about a connection destination to which the first terminal device is connected, and place information including information about the first terminal device,

wherein the second information processing apparatus delivers at least a portion of the application to the first terminal device in accordance with the delivery request.

2. The information delivery system according to claim 1,

wherein the first terminal device is nearest to the first information processing apparatus among a plurality of terminal devices located outside the service coverage area.

3. The information delivery system according to claim 1,

wherein identification information about the first terminal device is appended to the at least a portion of the application.

4. The information delivery system according to claim 1,

wherein the place information includes information about time for which each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses delivers the application and time allowed to deliver the application, and

wherein the delivery request is made to the second information processing apparatus when time for which the first information processing apparatus delivers the application is equal to or more than the time allowed.

5. An information delivery method comprising:

specifying a first terminal device, among a plurality of terminal devices, to which an application is delivered in accordance with a positional relationship between the first terminal device and a first information processing apparatus among a plurality of information processing apparatuses, the load of application delivery of the first information processing apparatus being equal to or greater than a predetermined value and wherein the first terminal device moves from an outside of a service coverage area of the first information processing apparatus toward the service coverage area;

transmitting a delivery request of the application to a second information processing apparatus, among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, that differs from the first information processing apparatus, the second information processing apparatus being communicatively connected to the first terminal device; and

storing terminal information including position information of the first terminal device and information about a connection destination to which the first terminal device is connected, and place information including information about the first terminal device.

6. An server apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to;

specify a first terminal device, among a plurality of terminal devices, to which an application is delivered in accordance with a positional relationship between the first terminal device and a first information processing apparatus among a plurality of information processing apparatuses, the load of application delivery of the first information processing apparatus being equal to or greater than a predetermined value and wherein the first terminal device moves from an outside of a service coverage area of the first information processing apparatus toward the service coverage area;

transmit a deliver request of the application to a second information processing apparatus, among the plurality of information processing apparatuses, that differs from the first information processing apparatus, the second information processing apparatus being communicatively connected to the first terminal device; and

storing terminal information including position information of the first terminal device and information about a connection destination to which the first terminal device is connected, and place information including information about the first terminal device.