User-centered task scheduling for multi-screen viewing in cloud computing environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10114672-B2
Application number	US-201315108833-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2013
Priority date	Dec 31, 2013
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for priority-based task scheduling that is user-centered, with improved user experience in a multi-screen viewing environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by one or more processors, comprising:
receiving a plurality of requests from users, wherein each user has a plurality of associated viewing screens;
determining a priority score for each one of said requests based on at least one factor related to said plurality of associated viewing screens; and
processing one of said requests based on said priority score, wherein:
the at least one factor related to said plurality of associated viewing screens includes at least one of whether said request is from a user device associated with a dominant screen that is most frequently used by said user, and whether none of said plurality of associated viewing screens for said user is active;
the priority score is further based on a deadline associated with said request;
the deadline is based on an arrival time of said request and a user latency tolerance associated with said request; and
the user latency tolerance is based on an applicable user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of associated viewing screens corresponds to a separate user device selected from a group including a television, a computer and a mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said device comprises a server in a cloud computing environment.

4. A device, comprising one or more processors configured to:
receive a plurality of requests from users, wherein each said user has a plurality of associated viewing screens;
determine a priority score for each one of said requests based on at least one factor related to said plurality of associated viewing screens; and
process one of said requests based on said priority score, wherein:
the at least one factor related to said plurality of associated viewing screens includes at least one of whether said request is from a user device associated with a dominant screen that is most frequently used by said user, and whether none of said plurality of associated viewing screens for said user is active;
the priority score is further based on a deadline associated with said request;
the deadline is based on an arrival time of said request and a user latency tolerance associated with said request; and
the user latency tolerance is based on an applicable user device.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein each of said plurality of associated viewing screens corresponds to a separate user device selected from a group including a television, a computer and a mobile device.

6. The device of claim 4 , wherein one of said requests is processed based on said priority score and said device comprises a server in a cloud computing environment.

7. Electronic apparatus, comprising:
computer hardware operative to execute computer software, which when executed, enables receipt of a plurality of requests from users, wherein each said user has a plurality of associated viewing screens, and further enables generation of a priority score for each one of said requests based on at least one factor related to said plurality of associated viewing screens, and further enables processing one of said requests based on said priority score, wherein:
the at least one factor related to said plurality of associated viewing screens includes at least one of whether said request is from a user device associated with a dominant screen that is most frequently used by said user, and whether none of said plurality of associated viewing screens for said user is active;
the priority score is further based on a deadline associated with said request;
the deadline is based on an arrival time of said request and a user latency tolerance associated with said request; and
the user latency tolerance is based on an applicable user device.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein each of said plurality of associated viewing screens corresponds to a separate user device selected from a group including a television, a computer and a mobile device.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 7 , wherein one of said requests is processed based on said priority score and said device comprises a server in a cloud computing environment.

Assignees

• Thomson Licensing

Inventors

• Xu Yan
• Du Lin
• Cheng Gang

Classifications

• H04L67/32

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F9/4831

  with variable priority · CPC title

• G06F9/4881 Primary

  Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues · CPC title

• H04L12/2829 Primary

  involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered · CPC title

• H04N21/00

  Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] (real-time bi-directional transmission of motion video data H04N7/14 {; broadcast or conference over packet switching networks H04L12/18}) · CPC title