Selection of inter-network communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017289892-A1
Application number	US-201615086133-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 31, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	Oct 5, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A device to deliver data to a network may be identified. The data to be delivered may be identified. Information associated with a device's probability of travelling to the network may be identified. Based on that information, the data to be delivered may be transferred to the device.

First claim

1 - 11 . (canceled)

12 . A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
identify, by a processor, content to be communicated to a first network; identify, by the processor, information associated with a probability that a first device of a second network will travel to the first network; and transfer, by the processor and based on the probability that the first device will travel to the first network, the content to the first device.

13 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the information comprises a history of travel to the first network, the program instructions executable by a computer to further cause the computer to:
calculate, by the processor, the probability based on the history of travel.

14 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the information comprises information associated with the personal travel plans belonging to a user of the first device's.

15 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the transfer of the content to the first device is also based on the probability that the first device will travel to the second network meeting a probability criterion.

16 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the probability criterion comprises a probability threshold.

17 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the first network is selected for communication based on a familiarity level of the first network meeting a familiarity criterion.

18 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the familiarity criterion comprises a familiarity level threshold.

19 . A system comprising a first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to perform a method for inter-network communications comprising:
broadcasting, to devices of a first network over the first network, a request for information associated with histories of travel of the devices to a second network; receiving replies over the first network from a set of the devices, each reply including information associated with the replying devices' history of travel to the second network; identifying, based on the replies, a first subset of devices within the set of devices that have travelled to the second network; identifying, based on the replying devices' history of travel, a second subset of devices within the first subset of devices that have a sufficient probability of travelling to the second network within a target time period; and sending, to the second subset of devices, data addressed to the second network.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the information associated with a history of travel comprises information specifying whether a device of the first network has travelled to the second network and wherein identifying a second set of devices comprises sending a request to the first set of devices to provide their history of travel to the second network.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Charters Graham C
• Dixon Bret W
• Horwood Benjamin T
• Poga Alexander H
• Shewell Mark A

Classifications

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0267

  Wireless devices · CPC title

• G06Q30/0261

  based on user location · CPC title

• H04W36/32

  by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data · CPC title