SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING DATA AVAILABILITY ON A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON OPERATING MODE

• US 20090055467A1
• Filed: 05/29/2007
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jolly Seven, Series 70 of Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Petersen, Steven L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,832,220 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements

Abstract

A data management system and method for a mobile device to provide complete perception and access to a data collection, such a user'"'"'s data collection for example, without requiring either persistent storage of the user'"'"'s complete data collection locally on the mobile device, or network access requests for each user data request from the mobile device. The data management system and method employs a data probability function to predict the probability of the mobile device accessing specific types of user data based on the operating mode of the mobile device. The data management system and method executes as a background process to provide and store locally on the mobile device, the data most probable to be accessed by the user. The data most likely to be accessed via the mobile device is available locally, thereby minimizing latency issues that occur when data requests cannot be fulfilled using data stored locally in the mobile device and network requests are performed.

Claims

1. A method for increasing availability of a data collection, comprising the steps of:

receiving an operating mode message identifying an operating mode of a mobile device;

determining a subset of data among the data collection that is more likely to be accessed at the mobile device based on the operating mode; and

sending the subset of data to the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data collection comprises a user'"'"'s data collection comprising at least one type of data comprised from user data, data services, and data applications.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating mode message is received as a result of a data request at the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating mode message is received as a result of an operating mode change at the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a user perceptible form of the data collection to the mobile device to allow a user at the mobile device to have perception of all data available in the data collection.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the subset of data is comprised of executing a data probability function.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein executing the data probability function further comprises including in the subset of data, data from the data collection based on a weighting of data types within the data collection.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving an instruction regarding the weighting of the data types within the data collection.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising assigning a default weight value to the data types within the data collection.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating mode message is further comprised of data comprised from the group consisting of the user'"'"'s activity on the mobile device, a location of the mobile device, a time at the mobile device, a date at the mobile device, capabilities of the mobile device, and a user profile stored in the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating mode message is received in response to a cache miss at the mobile device

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of sending further comprises progressively sending the subset of data among the data collection to the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of sending further comprises sending the subset of data among the data collection to the mobile device in real time.

14. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving a data probability function updating message, and updating the data probability function in response to the updating message.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the data probability function updating message includes a software function plug-in.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of data is digital rights management (DRM) protected data and further comprising facilitating handling of the DRM data such that a license is not required to consume the subset of data.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the data collection is weighted based on the operating mode.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a subset of data among the data collection is performed automatically based on a previous operating mode of the mobile device to determine a reversionary subset of data among the data collection that is more likely to be accessed at the mobile device based on the previous operating mode;

and further comprising;

sending the reversionary subset of data among the data collection to the mobile device after a timeout period expires.

19. The method of claim 3, further comprising transitioning to a different operating mode for the mobile device in response to determining a pattern of the data requests indicating a different operating mode for the mobile device than the operating mode included in the received operating mode message.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of data provides availability of the data collection without requiring persistent storage of the complete data collection on the mobile device.

21. A data aggregator for increasing the availability of a data collection, comprising:

a data aggregator, wherein the data aggregator is adapted to establish a communication with a mobile device;

wherein the data aggregator is further adapted to;

receive an operating mode message identifying an operating mode of the mobile device;

determine a subset of data among the data collection that is more likely to be accessed at the mobile device based on the operating mode; and

send the subset of data to the mobile device.

22. The data aggregator of claim 21, wherein the operating mode message is received as a result of a data request at the mobile device.

23. The data aggregator of claim 21, wherein the operating mode message is received as a result of an operating mode change at the mobile device.

24. The data aggregator of claim 21, wherein the data aggregator is further adapted to send a user perceptible form of the data collection to the mobile device to allow a user to have perception of all data available in the data collection.

25. The data aggregator of claim 21, wherein the data aggregator is further adapted to receive the operating mode message in response to a cache miss at the mobile device.

26. The data aggregator of claim 21, wherein the data aggregator is further adapted to progressively send the subset of data among the data collection to the mobile device.

27. The data aggregator of claim 21, wherein the data aggregator determines the subset of data by executing a data probability function.

28. The data aggregator of claim 27, wherein the data aggregator is further adapted to receive a data probability function updating message, and update the data probability function in response to the updating message.

29. The data aggregator of claim 21, wherein the data aggregator is further adapted to:

automatically determine the subset of data based on a previous operating mode of the mobile device, to determine a reversionary subset of data among the data collection that is more likely to be accessed by the user at the mobile device based on the previous operating mode; and

send the reversionary subset of data among the data collection to the mobile device after a timeout period expires.

30. A mobile device that is capable of accessing a data collection, comprising:

a data cache for storing a subset of data from a data collection;

a communication interface adapted to establish communication to a data aggregator having access to the data collection; and

a control system, wherein the control system is adapted to;

determine an operating mode of the mobile device;

send an operating mode message including the operating mode of the mobile device to the data aggregator in response to an activity on the mobile device;

receive a subset of data from the data aggregator that is more likely to be accessed at the mobile device based on the operating mode of the mobile device; and

storing the subset of data in the data cache.

31. The mobile device of claim 30, further comprising a data proxy coupled to the data cache and accessible by the control system, wherein the control system is further adapted to access the subset of data in the data cache through the data proxy.

32. The mobile device of claim 30, wherein the control system is further adapted to receive a user perceptible form of the data collection to allow a user at the mobile device to have perception of all data available in the data collection.

33. The mobile device of claim 30, wherein the control system is further adapted to send the operating mode message to the data aggregator in response to an operating mode change on the mobile device.

34. The mobile device of claim 30, wherein the control system is further adapted to send the operating mode message to the data aggregator in response to a cache miss to the data cache.

35. The mobile device of claim 30, wherein the control system is further adapted to progressively receive the subset of data among the data collection from the data aggregator.

36. The mobile device of claim 30, wherein the control system is further adapted to receive the subset of data among the data collection from the data aggregator in real time.

37. The mobile device of claim 30, wherein the control system is further adapted to:

receive a reversionary subset of data among the data collection from the data aggregator based on a previous operating mode of the mobile device after a timeout period expires; and

store the reversionary subset of data in the data cache.

38. The mobile device of claim 30, wherein the control system is further adapted to change the operating mode of the mobile device in response to a manual user request at the mobile device.

39. A computer readable medium, comprising:

software, wherein the software is adapted to execute on a microprocessor to;

receive an operating mode message identifying an operating mode of a mobile device;

determine a subset of data among the data collection that is more likely to be accessed at the mobile device based on the operating mode; and

send the subset of data to the mobile device.

40. The computer readable medium of claim 39, wherein the software is further adapted to send a user perceptible form of the data collection to the mobile device to allow a user to have perception of all data available in the data collection.

41. The computer readable medium of claim 39, wherein the software is further adapted to receive the operating mode message in response to a cache miss in response to a data request by the user at the mobile device.

42. The computer readable medium of claim 39, wherein the software is further adapted to progressively send the subset of data among the data collection to the mobile device.

43. The computer readable medium of claim 39, wherein the software is further adapted to determine the subset of data by executing a data probability function.

44. The computer readable medium of claim 43, wherein the software is further adapted to receive a data probability function updating message, and update the data probability function in response to the updating message.

45. The computer readable medium of claim 39, wherein the software is further adapted to:

automatically determine the subset of data based on a previous operating mode of the mobile device, to determine a reversionary subset of data among the data collection that is more likely to be accessed by the user at the mobile device based on the previous operating mode; and

send the reversionary subset of data among the data collection to the mobile device after a timeout period expires.