Mobile device having improved polling characteristics for background applications

• US 9,661,103 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2015
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tervahauta, Mikko, Luna, Michael, Backholm, Ari
• Primary Examiner(s): Osman, Ramy M
• Application Number:
  US14/629,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20150181617A1
• Time in Patent Office: 819 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/80 Actions related to the user profile or the type of traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/803 Application aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/822 Collecting or measuring resource availability data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• 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: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/06 using polling
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method for managing applications configured for execution on a mobile device is provided. The method includes receiving one or more network access requests from one or more applications executing on the mobile device, determining that the mobile device is operating in a background mode, suppressing transmission to a network of the one or more network access requests based on the determination, and transmitting a subset of the one or more network access requests upon transition out of the background mode.

Claims

1. A mobile device configured for aligning data transfer from the mobile device to optimize connections made by the mobile device in a wireless network, the mobile device comprising:

a memory;

a backlight

a radio; and

a processor, the mobile device configured to;

while the backlight of the mobile device is on;

detect that a first application is executing in a background of the mobile device;

detect that a second application is executing in a foreground of the mobile device;

batch a first set of data for the first application;

transmit the first set of batched data for the first application; and

transmit data for the second application at a time when the second application requests transmission;

while the backlight of the mobile device is off in response to inactivity of the mobile device;

detect that the second application is executing in the background of the mobile device;

batch a second set of data for the first application and the second application; and

transmit the second set of batched data for the first application and the second application, wherein the transmission of the second set of batched data occurs after at least a predetermined period of time.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein, the second set of batched data for the first application and second application is transmitted in a single transaction over a single instantiation of wireless network connectivity at the mobile device.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein, the second set of data is batched within a time window which is dynamically adjustable.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is further configured to:

generate an application profile including characteristics of a user'"'"'s activity; and

initiate transmission of the second set of batched data based on the application profile.

5. The mobile device of claim 4, wherein generating the application profile includes identifying, determining, inferring, detecting, computing, predicting, or anticipating characteristics of user activity on the mobile device.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein, while the backlight of the mobile device is off, the second set of data is not batched when the mobile device is plugged in to a power source.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is further configured to receive a message while the backlight of the mobile device is off, wherein the predetermined period of time is not based on receipt of the message.

8. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the mobile device is further configured to maintain a connection for receipt of the message.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the message is a high priority message.

10. A method comprising:

while a backlight of a mobile device is on;

detecting that a first application is executing in a background of the mobile device;

detecting that a second application is executing in a foreground of the mobile device;

batching a first set of data for the first application;

transmitting the first set of batched data for the first application; and

transmitting data for the second application at a time when the second application requests transmission;

while the backlight of the mobile device is off in response to inactivity of the mobile device;

detecting that the second application is executing in the background of the mobile device;

batching a second set of data for the first application and the second application; and

transmitting the second set of batched data for the first application and the second application, wherein the transmission of the second set of batched data occurs after at least a predetermined period of time.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second set of batched data for the first application and the second application is transmitted in a single transaction over a single instantiation of wireless network connectivity at the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein batching the second set of data for the first application and the second application occurs within a time window which is dynamically adjustable.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising generating an application profile that includes characteristics of a user'"'"'s activity, further comprising initiating transmission of the second set of batched data based on the application profile.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein generating the application profile further includes identifying, determining, inferring, detecting, computing, predicting, or anticipating characteristics of user activity on the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein, while the backlight of the mobile device is off, the second set of data is not batched when the mobile device is plugged in to a power source.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting the second set of batched data during a predetermined period of time and receiving a message while the backlight of the mobile device is off, wherein the predetermined period of time is not based on receipt of the message.

17. The method of claim 16, further including maintaining a connection for receipt of the message.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the message is a high priority message.