System and method for executing a cloud computing task

• US 9,448,855 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2012
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: An, Ki-Mo
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Hyun
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hagos, Eyob
• Application Number:
  US13/364,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20120197960A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,693 Days
• Field of Search: 703/201
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/163 Interprocessor communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5094 where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

According to one embodiment system and method provides executing at least a portion of a cloud computing task on a client terminal. The system and method further includes checking whether the client terminal is recharging or not and accessing a server for executing the cloud computing task if the terminal is recharging.

Claims

1. A method implemented using a client terminal, the method comprising:

determining, by the client terminal, whether a present time belongs to a predetermined time period;

determining, by the client terminal, whether the client terminal is possible to utilize the Internet for free within a wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) zone when the present time belongs to the predetermined time period;

determining, by the client terminal, whether the client terminal is in a recharging state when the client terminal is possible to utilize the Internet for free within the Wi-Fi zone;

receiving, by the client terminal, data by accessing a server via the Internet for free to execute a cloud computing task when the client terminal is in the recharging state;

analyzing, by the client terminal, the received data;

transmitting, by the client terminal, a result of the analyzed data to the server;

determining, by the client terminal, whether a threshold time is reached;

terminating, by the client terminal, the cloud computing task when the threshold time is reached; and

maintaining, by the client terminal, the cloud computing task when the threshold time is not reached,

wherein the client terminal does not execute the cloud computing task when the client terminal is out of the Wi-Fi zone,

wherein the cloud computing task is performed by the client terminal and shared with at least one other terminal by enabling the client terminal to connect with the at least one other terminal in parallel, and

wherein the threshold time is associated with the execution time of the cloud computing task.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predefined time period includes a time at which the client terminal is in a sleep mode.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the client terminal comprises a mobile phone.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the client terminal comprises a personal computer (PC).

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user-defined time includes a time at which the client terminal is not used by a user, a time when the client terminal is at one or more particular locations, and a reoccurring period of time.

6. A client terminal comprising:

a controller configured to;

determine whether a present time belongs to a predetermined time period when the present time belongs to the predetermined time period,

determine whether the client terminal is possible to utilize the Internet for free within a wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) zone when the client terminal is possible to utilize the Internet for free within the Wi-Fi zone,

determine whether the client terminal is in a recharging state when the client terminal is in the recharging state,

receive data by accessing a server via the Internet for free to execute a cloud computing task,

analyze the received data,

transmit a result of the analyzed data to the server,

determine whether a threshold time is reached when the threshold time is reached,

terminate the cloud computing task, and

when the threshold time is not reached, maintain the cloud computing task,

wherein the client terminal is configured to not execute the cloud computing task when the client terminal is out of the Wi-Fi zone,

wherein the cloud computing task is performed by the client terminal and shared with at least one other terminal by enabling the client terminal to connect with the at least one other terminal in parallel, and

wherein the threshold time is associated with the execution time of the cloud computing task.

7. The client terminal according to claim 6, wherein the predefined time period includes a time at which the client terminal is in a sleep mode.

8. The client terminal according to claim 6, wherein the client terminal comprises a mobile phone.

9. The client terminal according to claim 6, wherein the client terminal comprises a personal computer (PC).

10. The client terminal according to claim 6, wherein the user-defined time includes a time at which the client terminal is not used by a user, a time when the client terminal is at one or more particular locations, and a reoccurring period of time.

11. A system comprising:

a server; and

a client terminal configured;

determine whether a present time belongs to a predetermined time period when the present time belongs to the predetermined time period,

determine whether the client terminal is possible to utilize the Internet for free within a wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) zone when the client terminal is possible to utilize the Internet for free within the Wi-Fi zone,

determine whether the client terminal is in a recharging state when the client terminal is in the recharging state,

receive data by accessing the server via the Internet for free to execute a cloud computing task,

analyze the received data,

transmit a result of the analyzed data to the server,

determine whether a threshold time is reached when the threshold time is reached,

terminate the cloud computing task, and

when the threshold time is not reached, maintain the cloud computing task,

wherein the client terminal is configured to not execute the cloud computing task when the client terminal is out of the Wi-Fi zone,

wherein the cloud computing task is performed by the client terminal and shared with at least one other terminal by enabling the client terminal to connect with the at least one other terminal in parallel, and

wherein the threshold time is associated with the execution time of the cloud computing task.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the predefined time period includes a time at which the client terminal is in a sleep mode.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the client terminal comprises at least one of a mobile phone and a personal computer (PC).

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the user-defined time includes a time at which the client terminal is not used by a user, a time when the client terminal is at one or more particular locations, and a reoccurring period of time.