US 8,948,042 B2Granted

Predictive caching of IP data

AssigneeBandwidth.com, Inc.

InventorsJames Mulcahy, Sai Rathnam

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Abstract

Disclosed is a technique for predictively caching IP content data for a mobile device. In the mobile device, a content request is sent to an intelligent cache server over an IP network, the content request indicative of recurring IP content data of interest to the mobile device. The intelligent cache server retrieves the requested IP content data from content servers and queues the requested IP content data in a buffer associated with the mobile device. A notification message is sent to the mobile device indicating that the requested IP content is queued. The mobile device determines whether it is connected to a non-cellular IP network access point and automatically downloads the queued IP content data from the intelligent cache server when connected to a non-cellular IP network. The IP content data is stored in a cache memory in the mobile device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A mobile device comprising:

a cellular transceiver;
at least one other RF transceiver communicable with a non-cellular IP network access point;
a data storage component;
and
at least one processor operable with one or more software applications configured to:
collect Internet Protocol (IP) data consumption information associated with the mobile device;
predict, based on the collected IP data consumption information, IP data the mobile device is expected to consume at a future time;
automatically bypass any cellular network connection and downloading the predicted IP data to the mobile device using the at least one other RF transceiver over the non-cellular IP network access point;
store the downloaded predicted IP data in the data storage component such that the stored IP data is not transported over a cellular network;
and
in response to a request for the predicted IP data and when no non-cellular IP network access point connection is available to the mobile device:
bypass an available cellular network connection;
and
access the stored predicted IP data from cache memory using an application on the mobile device associated with the stored predicted IP data.

11 more elements

At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that in response to being executed on a mobile computing device cause the mobile computing device to:

collect Internet Protocol (IP) data consumption information associated with the mobile device;
predict, based on the collected IP data consumption information, IP data the mobile device is expected to consume at a future time;
automatically bypass any cellular network connection and downloading the predicted IP data to the mobile device using the at least one other RF transceiver over the non-cellular IP network access point;
store the downloaded predicted IP data in the data storage component such that the stored IP data is not transported over a cellular network;
and
in response to a request for the predicted IP data and when no non-cellular IP network access point connection is available to the mobile device:
bypass an available cellular network connection;
and
access the stored predicted IP data from cache memory using an application on the mobile device associated with the stored predicted IP data.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/336,661Filed 21 Jul 2014 · continuation
Priority: 12 Sep 2013
Published: US 2014/0011538 A16 Nov 2014
Granted: 3 Feb 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04L 67/568
Provisioning of proxy services: storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
H04L 41/147
Network analysis or design: for predicting network behaviour
H04L 67/2885
Architectures; Arrangements: hierarchically arranged intermediate devices, e.g. for hierarchical caching
H04L 67/5681
Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching: pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics

Family

Application14/024,780Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Sep 2013
US 2014/0328201 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Nov 2014
US 8,825,881 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0011538 A1Published application
US 8,948,042 B2This patent

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