MOBILE DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR OPERATING IN A POWER SAVE MODE AND A TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION MODE AND RELATED METHOD

• US 20170367009A1
• Filed: 08/14/2017
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Luna, Michael, Backholm, Ari, Bott, Ross
• Granted Patent: US 10,609,593 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0823 characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/083 for increasing network speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/062 related to network traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• 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 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method and system are for generating a report for delivery to or access or query by a network operator by determining, by a server-side proxy, optimization efficiency for traffic in a wireless network, tracking, by the server-side proxy, user-related information in the wireless network, generating, based on at least one of the optimization efficiency and the user-related information, a report for delivery to or access by an operator of the wireless network, the report including an alert of viral take-up of a new application, and performing, by the server-side proxy, traffic optimization functions alleviating traffic in the wireless network.

Claims

1. A method of generating a report for delivery to or access by a network operator, the method comprising:

determining, by a server-side proxy, optimization efficiency for traffic in a wireless network;

tracking, by the server-side proxy, user-related information in the wireless network;

generating, based on at least one of the optimization efficiency and the user-related information, a report for delivery to or access by an operator of the wireless network, the report including an alert of viral take-up of a new application; and

performing, by the server-side proxy, traffic optimization functions alleviating traffic in the wireless network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the optimization efficiency is determined from at least one of:

data traffic;

signaling traffic;

time connected for connections; and

battery consumption on mobile devices in the wireless network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the optimization efficiency includes information specific to different mobile applications on the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the report depicts the optimization efficiency for data by including a comparison of data traffic and saved data traffic as a result of the traffic optimization functions.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the report depicts the optimization efficiency for signaling by including a comparison of actual connections and saved connections as a result of the traffic optimization functions.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the report depicts the optimization efficiency for connection time by including a comparison of actual connection time and saved connection time as a result of the traffic optimization functions.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-related information includes:

total users and new users; and

total users by application, by bearer, by host, by operation, or by device type.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating statistical data from the optimization efficiency for the wireless network.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising, generating statistical data from the optimization efficiency across multiple wireless networks serviced by multiple network operators.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating at least one of trending reports and ranking reports from at least one of the optimization efficiency and the user related information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein, the wireless network traffic includes at least one of mobile network traffic and Wifi network traffic.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein, the optimization efficiency is determined at least in part from information provided by a client-side proxy on a mobile device in the wireless network.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, the client-side proxy and the server-side proxy are components of a distributed proxy and/or caching system which performs traffic optimization and management in the wireless network.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein, the report is customized for the network operator and individually customizable for different network operators.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the report comprises custom analyses including at least one of:

analysis, comparison, and trending across single or multiple dimensions.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the report comprises custom analyses including at least one of:

time-of-the-day and day-of-the-week analysis with trending over time.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the report comprises predictive analyses including, at least one of an increase in usage prediction and a usage profile churn prediction.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the report comprises an alert of at least one of crossing trend lines and changing trends in take-up of the new application.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the report comprises analysis of at least one:

of data feed to CRM;

network operations; and

policy management in real-time or on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis.

20. A system for generating a report for delivery to or access by a network operator, the system comprising a server-side proxy that:

determines optimization efficiency for traffic in a wireless network;

tracks user-related information in the wireless network;

generates, based on at least one of the optimization efficiency and the user-related information, a report for delivery to or access by an operator of the wireless network, the report including an alert of viral take-up of a new application; and

performs traffic optimization functions alleviating traffic in the wireless network.