Method and system for content delivery of mobile terminal applications

• US 10,708,350 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2018
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wangsu Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Wangsu Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Huang, Zhongwang
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thanh T
• Application Number:
  US16/223,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20190124140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

System and mobile terminal for content delivery are provided. The system includes a plurality of mobile terminal application modules, each mobile terminal application module being embedded with a software development kit (sdk), the sdk being configured to determine whether data download satisfies a start condition of P2P download, implement the P2P download, provide forwarding of response data, and provide data sharing. The system further includes a P2P controller, communicating with the plurality of mobile terminal application modules, the P2P controller being configured to manage the sdk, manage and recommend available peers, search resources for download, and aid NAT traversal of the P2P download.

Claims

1. A system for content delivery in a mobile terminal application, comprising:

a plurality of mobile terminal application modules, each mobile terminal application module being embedded with a software development kit (sdk), the sdk being configured to determine whether data download satisfies a start condition of P2P download, implement the P2P download, provide forwarding of response data, and provide data sharing; and

a P2P controller, communicating with the plurality of mobile terminal application modules, the P2P controller being configured to manage the sdk, manage and recommend available peers, search resources for download, and aid NAT traversal of the P2P download, wherein the sdk includes;

a P2P scheduling layer module and a P2P protocol layer module, the P2P scheduling layer module and the P2P protocol layer module having interactive communication with one another;

the P2P scheduling layer module including;

a local proxy interface module, configured to import a data download request from a mobile terminal application module into the sdk, and forward downloaded data to the mobile terminal application module through the local proxy interface module;

a notification interface module, configured to receive notifications associated with a status of the mobile terminal application module;

a download controller, configured to determine whether the data download request satisfies the start condition of the P2P download, and determine whether http download or the P2P download is to be used to download a next fragment of virtual file based on configuration or current condition;

an upload controller, configured to determine whether current cached data is shared and a condition for sharing; and

a cache controller, configured to manage a local cache, managing of the local cache including controlling a scale of caching, sorting a hotness of cached data and deleting the cached data, and managing a reuse of cache by the mobile terminal application module.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the P2P protocol layer module includes:

a P2P content search module, configured to implement an interactive management of the sdk and the P2P controller, entering and exiting of mobile terminals, searching of downloaded content, and processing of recommendations and updates of peers by the P2P controller;

a P2P fragmentation task managing module, configured to implement task management of registered P2P files and concurrently management of fragments, to realize optimized P2P download;

a P2P NAT traversal control module, configured to ensure links among the peers are established; and

a peer interactive protocol module, configured to facilitate communication protocols among the peers.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the P2P controller includes:

a peer managing module, configured to record and manage activities of the peers;

a peer recommending module, configured to recommend a proper and healthy peer list containing specific resources to a requestor that requests for data download;

a NAT traversal aiding module, configured to aid a peer terminal to determine a NAT environment of the peer terminal, and provide communication aid to establish connection among peers; and

a sdk configuring-aiding module, configured to configure and manage the sdk.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein whether the data download request satisfies the start condition of the P2P download is determined by:

based on a file length and a transfer encoding type of the data described in an initial packet, determining, by the download controller, whether the P2P download is started, when condition is not satisfied, sending an http request to a cache system or a source station to download remaining undownloaded data; and

when the condition is satisfied, starting the P2P download.

5. The system according to claim 1, the download controller determining using http download or P2P download to download the next fragment of virtual file based on configuration or current condition includes:

calculating, by the download controller, a download speed using an http method and a download speed using a P2P method, and determining a download method to download a current virtual file based on a demand of data by the mobile terminal application;

when a virtual file is unable to be downloaded using the P2P method or the download speed using the P2P method does not meet a regular demand of the mobile terminal application, and the download speed using the P2P method is lower than the download speed using the http method, using the http method to directly download the current virtual file from the cache system or the source station, otherwise using the P2P method to download data of the current virtual file.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the download controller of the sdk is configured to determine a download method of a next virtual file, based on notifications from an application layer and a control strategy of the download controller, together with a current download situation.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the download method is determined as follows:

if a current data download speed is unable to meet requirements of the application layer or preset download requirements, an http method is used to directly send a download request for downloading data with a length of 256 KB, to a cache system or the source station; and

if the current data download speed meets the requirements of the application layer or the preset download requirements, download speeds of all peers in a current peer list are detected and ranked to determine a usable peer list and to determine a concurrent number of peers.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein based on a network standard of the mobile terminal, a remaining battery power of the mobile terminal, a usage of RAM of the mobile terminal, and a usage of CPU of the mobile terminal, the upload controller determines whether the downloaded data is able to be used as seed for sharing;

when the downloaded data is suitable for sharing, registering data for sharing, and waiting to receive download requests from other mobile terminal applications.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the local proxy interface module is configured to use one of an active proxy method and a passive hijacking method to import the data download request from the mobile terminal application module into the sdk.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the sdk is configured to provide a data-usage-status notification interface to the mobile terminal application to obtain a current consumption of data by the mobile terminal application.

11. A mobile terminal for a content delivery in a mobile network, comprising:

a mobile terminal application comprising a system for the content delivery, the system comprising;

a plurality of mobile terminal application modules, each mobile terminal application module being embedded with a software development kit (sdk), the sdk being configured to determine whether data download satisfies a start condition of P2P download, implement the P2P download, provide forwarding of response data, and provide data sharing; and

a P2P controller, communicating with the plurality of mobile terminal application modules, the P2P controller being configured to manage the sdk, manage and recommend available peers, search resources for download, and aid NAT traversal of the P2P download, wherein the sdk includes;

a P2P scheduling layer module and a P2P protocol layer module, the P2P scheduling layer module and the P2P protocol layer module having interactive communication with one another;

the P2P scheduling layer module including;

a local proxy interface module, configured to import a data download request from a mobile terminal application module into the sdk, and forward downloaded data to the mobile terminal application module through the local proxy interface module;

a notification interface module, configured to receive notifications associated with a status of the mobile terminal application module;

a download controller, configured to determine whether the data download request satisfies the start condition of the P2P download, and determine whether http download or the P2P download is to be used to download a next fragment of virtual file based on configuration or current condition;

an upload controller, configured to determine whether current cached data is shared and a condition for sharing; and

a cache controller, configured to manage a local cache, managing of the local cache including controlling a scale of caching, sorting a hotness of cached data and deleting the cached data, and managing a reuse of cache by the mobile terminal application module.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the P2P protocol layer module includes:

a P2P content search module, configured to implement an interactive management of the sdk and the P2P controller, entering and exiting of mobile terminals, searching of downloaded content, and processing of recommendations and updates of peers by the P2P controller;

a P2P fragmentation task managing module, configured to implement task management of registered P2P files and concurrently management of fragments, to realize optimized P2P download;

a P2P NAT traversal control module, configured to ensure links among the peers are established; and

a peer interactive protocol module, configured to facilitate communication protocols among the peers.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the P2P controller includes:

a peer managing module, configured to record and manage activities of the peers;

a peer recommending module, configured to recommend a proper and healthy peer list containing specific resources to a requestor that requests for data download;

a NAT traversal aiding module, configured to aid a peer terminal to determine a NAT environment of the peer terminal, and provide communication aid to establish connection among peers; and

a sdk configuring-aiding module, configured to configure and manage the sdk.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein whether the data download request satisfies the start condition of the P2P download is determined by:

based on a file length and a transfer encoding type of the data described in an initial packet, determining, by the download controller, whether the P2P download is started, when condition is not satisfied, sending an http request to a cache system or a source station to download remaining undownloaded data; and

when the condition is satisfied, starting the P2P download.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein wherein the download controller determining using http download or P2P download to download the next fragment of virtual file based on configuration or current condition includes:

calculating, by the download controller, a download speed using an http method and a download speed using a P2P method, and determining a method to download a current virtual file based on a demand of data by the mobile terminal application;

when a virtual file is unable to be downloaded using the P2P method or the download speed using the P2P method does not meet a regular demand of the mobile terminal application, and the download speed using the P2P method is lower than the download speed using the http method, using the http method to directly download the current virtual file from the cache system or the source station, otherwise using the P2P method to download data of the current virtual file.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein wherein based on a network standard of the mobile terminal, a remaining battery power of the mobile terminal, a usage of RAM of the mobile terminal, and a usage of CPU of the mobile terminal, the upload controller determines whether the downloaded data is able to be used as seed for sharing;

when the downloaded data is suitable for sharing, registering data for sharing, and waiting to receive download requests from other mobile terminal applications.

17. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the local proxy interface module is configured to use one of an active proxy method and a passive hijacking method to import the data download request from the mobile terminal application module into the sdk.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the sdk is configured to provide a data-usage-status notification interface to the mobile terminal application to obtain a current consumption of data by the mobile terminal application.