Device configuration parameter determination

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11240104-B1
Application number	US-201916418135-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 21, 2019
Priority date	May 21, 2019
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for assigning configuration parameters to unknown devices by comparing characteristics of unknown devices to characteristics of known devices. Characteristics of an unknown device are compared to characteristics of known devices to identify a similar device having known configuration parameters. The unknown devise is then assigned the configuration parameters of the identified similar device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for determining device configuration parameters,
the method comprising:
distributing, by a server system, a device characteristic capture application to a plurality of client devices, the device characteristic capture application associated with a social media application on the plurality of client devices, the device characteristic capture application configured to attain device characteristics of each client device;
receiving, by the server system, the attained device characteristics of the plurality of client devices;
comparing, by the server system, the attained device characteristics of a client device having an unknown device type to the device characteristics of client devices having known device types;
assigning, by the server system, device configuration parameters to the client device having the unknown device type for configuring the associated social media application on the client device having the unknown device type for more efficient processing of the social media application on the client device having the unknown device type using the device configuration parameters of one of the client devices having the known device types according to similarity of the attained device characteristics of the client device having the unknown device type to the device characteristics of each of the client devices having the known device types, the assigning including assigning the client device having the unknown device type into one of a plurality of features categories associated with the one of the client devices having the known device types, each features category associated with one or more features of the social media application and each feature having a feature level selected from a plurality of feature levels;
identifying the one or more feature levels associated with the assigned features category for the unknown client device; and
distributing the identified one or more feature levels to the unknown client device for configuring features of the social media application on the unknown client device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the comparing comprises:
generating a signature from the device characteristics of the client device having the unknown device type; and
comparing the signature to signatures of the client devices having known device types;
wherein the assigning assigns the device configuration parameters to the client device having the unknown device type responsive to comparing the signatures.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the signature is a multi-dimensional signature and the comparing identifies a closest match in a multi-dimensional space.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the comparing the signature to the signatures comprises applying principal component analysis.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device characteristics include two or more of central processing unit (CPU) model number, graphics processing unit (GPU) model number, cellular capability level, or application version of the application.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the device configuration parameters and the device characteristics of the known devices in a configuration database.

7. A system for determining device configuration parameters, the system comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and
a processor configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:
distributing, by a server system, a device characteristic capture application to a plurality of client devices, the device characteristic capture application associated with a social media application on the plurality of client devices, the device characteristic capture application configured to attain device characteristics of each client device;
receiving, by the server system, the attained device characteristics of the plurality of client devices;
comparing, by the server system, the attained device characteristics of a client device having an unknown device type to the device characteristics of client devices having known device types;
assigning, by the server system, device configuration parameters to the client device having the unknown device type for configuring the associated social media application on the client device having the unknown device type for more efficient processing of the social media application on the client device having the unknown device type using the device configuration parameters of one of the client devices having the known device types according to similarity of the attained device characteristics of the client device having the unknown device type to the device characteristics of each of the client devices having the known device types, the assigning including assigning the client device having the unknown device type into one of a plurality of features categories associated with the one of the client devices having the known device types, each features category associated with one or more features of the social media application and each feature having a feature level selected from a plurality of feature levels;
identifying the one or more feature levels associated with the assigned features category for the unknown client device; and
distributing the identified one or more feature levels to the unknown client device for configuring features of the social media application on the unknown client device.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising:
a configuration database storing the device configuration parameters and the device characteristics of the known devices;
wherein the processor is further configured by the instructions to store the device configuration parameters and the device characteristics of the known devices in the configuration database.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the comparing comprises:
generating a signature from the device characteristics of the client device having the unknown device type; and
comparing the signature to signatures of the client devices having known device types; wherein the assigning assigns the device configuration parameters to the client device

having the unknown device type responsive to comparing the signatures.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the signature is a multi-dimensional signature and the comparing identifies a closest match in a multi-dimensional space.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the comparing the signature to the signatures comprises applying principal component analysis.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the device characteristics include two or more of central processing unit (CPU) model number, graphics processing unit (GPU) model number, cellular capability level, or application version of the application.

13. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
distributing, by a server system, a device characteristic capture application to a plurality of client devices, the device characteristic capture application associated with a social media application on the plurality of client devices, the device characteristic capture application configured to attain device characteristics of each client device;
receiving, by the server system, the attained device characteristics of the plurality of client devices;
comparing, by the server system, the attained device characteristics of a client device having an unknown device type to the device characteristics of client devices having known device types;
assigning, by the server system, device configuration parameters to the client device having the unknown device type for configuring the as

Assignees

• Cieslak Michael
• Yu Jiayao
• Chen Kai
• Azmoodeh Farnaz
• Marr Michael David
• Huang Jun
• Ferdowsi Zahra
• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Cieslak Michael
• Yu Jiayao
• Chen Kai
• Azmoodeh Farnaz
• Marr Michael David
• Huang Jun
• Ferdowsi Zahra

Classifications

• H04L67/303

  Terminal profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04L67/01

  Protocols · CPC title

• H04L41/0873

  Checking configuration conflicts between network elements · CPC title

• H04L41/0846 Primary

  based on copy from other elements · CPC title