Location-Based Prefetch and Participant-Based Prefetch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016381508-A1
Application number	US-201615260264-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 8, 2016
Priority date	Apr 5, 2012
Publication date	Dec 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

To reduce the mobile data usage, information associated with scheduled future events is prefetched via an inexpensive mass-data transfer link (e.g., Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or off-peak mobile broadband) and does not need to be fetched via an expensive mobile communication link (e.g., mobile broadband) during normal usage. Location-based prefetch and participant-based prefetch can leverage the existing infrastructures of location-based services (LBS) and social networking services (SNS).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A mobile device for supporting location-based prefetch, comprising:
a mass-data transfer interface for retrieving location specific information associated with a scheduled future event via a mass-data transfer link prior to said scheduled future event, wherein said location specific information provides information associated with at least a future location of said scheduled future event, and said future location is inputted by a user prior to said scheduled future event; a memory for storing said location specific information; a mobile communication interface for retrieving requested information via a mobile communication link during said scheduled future event if said requested information is absent in said memory; wherein said mobile device retrieves at least a portion of said location specific information from said memory during said scheduled future event.

2 . The mobile device according to claim 1 , wherein said scheduled future event is managed by a calendaring application.

3 . The mobile device according to claim 1 , wherein said mass-data transfer link is a non-mobile communication link.

4 . The mobile device according to claim 3 , wherein said non-mobile communication link is a local-area network (LAN) link.

5 . The mobile device according to claim 3 , wherein said non-mobile communication link is a wide-area network (WAN) link.

6 . The mobile device according to claim 1 , wherein said location specific information is retrieved via another mobile communication link during off-peak hours.

7 . The mobile device according to claim 1 , wherein said mobile communication link is a mobile broadband link.

8 . The mobile device according to claim 1 , wherein said location specific information further provides information associated with a future time of said scheduled future event.

9 . The mobile device according to claim 1 , wherein said location specific information further provides information associated with a future participant of said scheduled future event.

10 . The mobile device according to claim 1 , wherein said location specific information further provides information associated with a future action of said scheduled future event.

11 . A mobile device for supporting participant-based prefetch, comprising:
a mass-data transfer interface for retrieving participant specific information associated with a scheduled future event via a mass-data transfer link prior to said scheduled future event, wherein said participant specific information provides information associated with at least a future participant of said scheduled future event, and said future participant is inputted by a user prior to said scheduled future event; a memory for storing said participant specific information; a mobile communication interface for retrieving requested information via a mobile communication link during said future event if said requested information is absent in said memory; wherein said mobile device retrieves at least a portion of said participant specific information from said memory during said scheduled future event.

12 . The mobile device according to claim 11 , wherein said scheduled future event is managed by a calendaring application.

13 . The mobile device according to claim 11 , wherein said mass-data transfer link is a non-mobile communication link.

14 . The mobile device according to claim 13 , wherein said non-mobile communication link is a local-area network (LAN) link.

15 . The mobile device according to claim 13 , wherein said non-mobile communication link is a wide-area network (WAN) link.

16 . The mobile device according to claim 11 , wherein said location specific information is retrieved via another mobile communication link during off-peak hours.

17 . The mobile device according to claim 11 , wherein said mobile communication link is a mobile broadband link.

18 . The mobile device according to claim 11 , wherein said location specific information further provides information associated with a future time of said scheduled future event.

19 . The mobile device according to claim 11 , wherein said location specific information further provides information associated with a future location of said scheduled future event.

20 . The mobile device according to claim 11 , wherein said location specific information further provides information associated with a future action of said scheduled future event.

Assignees

• Chengdu Haicun Ip Technology Llc

Inventors

• Zhang Guobiao

Classifications

• H04W4/021

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• H04W4/023 Primary

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• G06Q10/1093

  Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups · CPC title

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic