COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT SENSITIVE DATA SYNCHRONIZATION

• US 20090228580A1
• Filed: 03/05/2008
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Celi, Joseph JR.
• Application Number:
  US12/042,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20090228580A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and computer program product for computing environment sensitive data synchronization in a pervasive device. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for computing environment sensitive data synchronization in a pervasive device can be provided. The method can include monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device, batching data for synchronization in the pervasive device with a communicatively coupled server, and initializing the synchronization of the batched data with the coupled server only when the environmental conditions indicate either an idle condition in the pervasive device or an activity break in activity in the pervasive device.

Claims

1. A method for computing environment sensitive data synchronization in a pervasive device, the method comprising:

monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device;

batching data for synchronization in the pervasive device with a communicatively coupled server; and

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initializing the synchronization of the batched data with the coupled server only when the environmental conditions indicate either an idle condition in the pervasive device or an activity break in activity in the pervasive device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising delaying the synchronization if battery conditions monitored in the pervasive device is low.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising delaying the synchronization if network bandwidth monitored in the pervasive device is low.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising delaying the synchronization if input method interactions monitored in the pervasive device are detected.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device, comprises monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device to identify an activity break in an application in the pervasive device through a detection of a termination of the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device, comprises monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device to identify an activity break in an application in the pervasive device through a detection of an activation of a different application in the pervasive device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device, comprises monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device to identify an activity break in an application in the pervasive device through a detection of a change in focus from one application to another in the pervasive device.

8. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for computing environment sensitive data synchronization in a pervasive device, the computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code for monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device;

computer usable program code for batching data for synchronization in the pervasive device with a communicatively coupled server; and

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computer usable program code for initializing the synchronization of the batched data with the coupled server only when the environmental conditions indicate either an idle condition in the pervasive device or an activity break in activity in the pervasive device.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising computer usable program code for delaying the synchronization if battery conditions monitored in the pervasive device is low.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising computer usable program code for delaying the synchronization if network bandwidth monitored in the pervasive device is low.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising computer usable program code for delaying the synchronization if input method interactions monitored in the pervasive device are detected.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer usable program code for monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device, comprises computer usable program code for monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device to identify an activity break in an application in the pervasive device through a detection of a termination of the application.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer usable program code for monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device, comprises computer usable program code for monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device to identify an activity break in an application in the pervasive device through a detection of an activation of a different application in the pervasive device.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer usable program code for monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device, comprises computer usable program code for monitoring environmental conditions in the pervasive device to identify an activity break in an application in the pervasive device through a detection of a change in focus from one application to another in the pervasive device.