Dynamic data optimization in data network

• US 8,583,827 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2006
• Issued: 11/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Stavrakos, Nicholas, Koopmans, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAW, PETER C
• Application Number:
  US11/439,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20060271652A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,731 Days
• Field of Search: 709/246, 709/203, 709/213, 709/231, 370/232, 370/356
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 7/30 Compression speech analysis-synthesis for redundancy reduction G10L19/00; for image communication H04N; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

A system including a client device communicatively coupled to a first wireless network, wherein the client device has the ability to request a web page from a content server, and an optimization server is configured to receive network data associated with the characteristics of the first wireless network, to provide tuning settings based on the network data, to receive response data from the content server, and to transmit optimized response data to the client device, wherein the response data corresponds to a request for a web page from a client device and the optimized response data corresponds to the response data being altered based on the provided tuning settings.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by an optimization server, network data associated with characteristics of a first type of cellular wireless network to which a client device is connected, wherein the network data includes information about the cellular wireless network that would affect delivery of content data to the client device;

acquiring, by the optimization server, first tuning settings based on the network data, wherein the first tuning settings are of a plurality of stored tuning settings that include the first tuning settings corresponding to the first type of cellular network and a second tuning settings corresponding to a second type of cellular network;

determining one or more optimization techniques based on the acquired first tuning settings;

receiving, by the optimization server, content data from a content server, wherein the content data is used for displaying a web page requested by the client device;

modifying, by the optimization server, the received content data using the one or more optimization techniques applied based on the acquired first tuning settings; and

transmitting the modified content data to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving network data includes pulling the network data from a database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving network data includes receiving pushed network data from a gateway.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving network data includes sampling the characteristics of the cellular wireless network using feedback mechanisms.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified data corresponds to the content data after being altered based on the provided tuning settings and a user'"'"'s preferences.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquired tuning settings reflect the performance of the cellular wireless network based on the network data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the first tuning settings includes adjusting them based on a user'"'"'s preferences.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring first tuning settings is based on the network data received at the beginning of a session.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising acquiring second tuning settings based on updated network data received during the session;

and determining one or more optimization techniques based on the acquired second tuning settings, wherein the determined one or more optimization techniques based on the acquired tuning settings are used for modifying content data.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, by an optimization server, network data associated with characteristics of a first type of cellular wireless network to which a client device is connected, wherein the network data includes information about the cellular wireless network that would affect delivery of content data to the client device;

determining whether the network data has changed;

updating, by the optimization server, tuning settings from the first tuning settings to a second tuning settings based on the determination, wherein the first tuning settings and the second tuning settings are of a plurality of stored tuning settings that include the first tuning settings corresponding to the first type of cellular network and the second tuning settings corresponding to a second type of cellular network;

determining one or more optimization techniques based on the updated tuning settings;

receiving, by the optimization server, content data from a content server, wherein the content data is used for displaying a web page requested by a client device;

modifying, by the optimization server, the received content data using the one or more optimization techniques applied based on the updated tuning settings; and

transmitting the modified content data to the client device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein receiving network data includes pulling the network data from a database.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein receiving network data includes receiving pushed network data from a gateway or a database.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein receiving network data includes sampling the characteristics of the cellular wireless network using feedback mechanisms.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the modified content data corresponds to the content data being altered based on the second tuning settings and a user'"'"'s preferences.

15. A system comprising:

a hardware optimization server configured to;

receive network data associated with the characteristics of a first type of cellular wireless network to which a client device is coupled,

acquire first tuning settings based on the network data,

determine one or more optimization techniques based on the acquired first tuning settings;

receive content data from a content server,

modify the received content data using the one or more optimization techniques applied based on the acquired first tuning settings, and

transmit the modified content data to the client device,

wherein the network data includes information about the first cellular wireless network that would affect delivery of the content data to the client device, the first tuning settings are of a plurality of stored tuning settings that include the first tuning settings corresponding to the first type of cellular network and a second tuning settings corresponding to a second type of cellular network, and the content data is used for displaying a web page requested by the client device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the optimization server is further configured to:

update the tuning settings from the first tuning settings to the second tuning settings after receiving subsequent network data associated with the characteristics of a current cellular wireless network that the client device is connected to, wherein the current cellular wireless network can be the first cellular wireless network or the second cellular wireless network,

determine one or more optimization techniques based on the second tuning settings;

modify the content data based on the second tuning settings, and

provide the modified content data to the client device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the optimization server receives network data by pulling the network data from a database.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the optimization server receives network data by receiving pushed network data from a gateway or a database.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the optimization server receives network data by sampling the characteristics of the first cellular wireless network using feedback mechanisms.

20. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving, by an optimization server, network data associated with characteristics of a first type of cellular wireless network to which a client device is connected, wherein the network data includes information about the cellular wireless network that would affect delivery of content data to the client device;

acquiring, by the optimization server, a particular first tuning setting from a data storage device based on the network data, wherein the first tuning settings are of a plurality of stored tuning settings that include the first tuning settings corresponding to the first type of cellular network and a second tuning settings corresponding to a second type of cellular network;

determining one or more optimization techniques based on the acquired first tuning settings;

receiving, by the optimization server, content data from a content server, wherein the content data is used for displaying a web page requested by the client device;

modifying, by the optimization server, the received content data using the one or more optimization techniques applied based on the acquired first tuning settings; and

transmitting the modified content data to the client device.