SERVER HAVING PRIORITIZED NOTIFICATIONS FOR CONSERVING RESOURCES ON A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20180352515A1
• Filed: 07/26/2018
• Published: 12/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Luna, Michael, Backholm, Ari
• Granted Patent: US 10,194,398 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3278 Power saving in modem or I/O interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/00 Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes gain control in transmitters or power amplifiers H03G3/3042
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/02 Power saving arrangements in wired systems H04L12/12; signaling of mobile application services, e.g. low battery notifications H04W4/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0219 where the power saving management affects multiple terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0222 in packet switched networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0235 where the received signal is a power saving command
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• 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: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Systems and methods for prediction of activity session for mobile network use optimization and user experience enhancement are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system for enhancing user experience with a mobile application on a mobile device including, using user activity characteristics at a mobile device and server activity characteristics of a host server to anticipate a future activity session at the mobile device and transferring impending content from the host server the mobile device to pre-cache content on the mobile device to support predicted data activity for the future activity session that has been predicted.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A server comprising:

a memory and a processor, configured for;

receiving notifications from content providers, wherein the notifications are indicative of new content at a content provider, and wherein the notifications are one of a first priority or a second priority;

sending notifications that are of the first priority over a first connection to a mobile device in response to receipt of a notification of the first priority;

sending notifications that are of the second priority over the first connection to the mobile device after expiration of a predetermined period of time when the mobile device is in an inactive state;

sending notifications that are of the second priority over the first connection to the mobile device in response to the mobile device changing to an active state from an inactive state;

wherein upon receipt of a notification of either the first priority or the second priority by the mobile device, a second connection is established from the mobile device to the content provider that is different than the first connection between the mobile device and the server, and

wherein the second connection is established to access the new content associated with the notification.

3. The server of claim 2, wherein a user selection at the mobile device enables sending notifications upon receipt regardless of priority.

4. The server of claim 3, wherein the user selection is on an application-by-application basis.

5. The server of claim 2, wherein the priorities of the notifications are determined by the content provider.

6. The server of claim 2, wherein the notifications are sent upon receipt regardless of priority when an application to which the notification is directed to is brought into the foreground.

7. The server of claim 2, wherein the first connection between the mobile device and the server is an IP connection.

8. The server of claim 2, further configured for receiving a first communication from the mobile device that informs the server that the mobile device is in the inactive state.

9. The server of claim 8, further configured for receiving a second communication from the mobile device that informs the server that the mobile device is changing to the active state from the inactive state.

10. The server of claim 8, wherein the first communication is received over the first connection.

11. The server of claim 9, wherein the second communication is received over the first connection.

12. A method of operating a server comprising:

receiving notifications from content providers, wherein the notifications are indicative of new content at a content provider, and wherein the notifications are one of a first priority or a second priority;

sending notifications that are of the first priority over a first connection to a mobile device in response to receipt of a notification of the first priority;

sending notifications that are of the second priority over the first connection to the mobile device after expiration of a predetermined period of time when the mobile device is in an inactive state;

sending notifications that are of the second priority over the first connection to the mobile device in response to the mobile device changing to an active state from an inactive state;

wherein upon receipt by the mobile device of a notification of either the first priority or the second priority, a second connection is established from the mobile device to the content provider that is different than the first connection between the mobile device and the server, and

wherein the second connection is established to access the new content associated with the notification.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a user selection at the mobile device enables sending notifications upon receipt regardless of priority.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the user selection is on an application-by-application basis.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the priorities of the notifications are determined by the content provider.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the notifications are sent upon receipt regardless of priority when an application to which the notification is directed to is brought into the foreground.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the first connection between the mobile device and the server is an IP connection.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving a first communication from the mobile device that informs the server that the mobile device is in the inactive state.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising receiving a second communication from the mobile device that informs the server that the mobile device is changing to the active state from the inactive state.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the first communication is received over the first connection.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the second communication is received over the first connection.

22. A server comprising:

a memory and a processor, configured for;

receiving notifications from content providers, wherein the notifications are indicative of new content at a content provider, and wherein the notifications are one of a first priority or a second priority;

sending notifications that are of the first priority over a first connection to a mobile device in response to receipt of a notification of the first priority;

sending notifications that are of the second priority over the first connection to the mobile device after expiration of a predetermined period of time when the mobile device is in an inactive state;

sending notifications that are of the second priority over the first connection to the mobile device in response to the mobile device changing to an active state from an inactive state;

wherein upon receipt by the mobile device of a notification of either the first priority or the second priority, a second connection is established from the mobile device to the content provider that is different than the first connection between the mobile device and the server to access the new content associated with the notification,

wherein the first connection between the mobile device and the server is an IP connection, and

wherein a user selection at the mobile device enables sending notifications upon receipt regardless of priority on an application-by-application basis.

23. The server of claim 22, wherein the priorities of the notifications are determined by the content provider.

24. The server of claim 22, wherein the predetermined period of time is based on a frequency of access of an application to which the notification is directed.

25. The server of claim 22, wherein the notifications are sent upon receipt regardless of priority when an application to which the notification is directed to is brought into the foreground.

26. The server of claim 22, further configured for receiving a first communication from the mobile device that informs the server that the mobile device is in the inactive state.

27. The server of claim 26, further configured for receiving a second communication from the mobile device that informs the server that the mobile device is changing to the active state from the inactive state.

28. The server of claim 26, wherein the first communication is received over the first connection.

29. The server of claim 27, wherein the second communication is received over the first connection.