Proactive caching

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018035259-A1
Application number	US-201615220610-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 27, 2016
Priority date	Jul 27, 2016
Publication date	Feb 1, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments are directed to a computer implemented method and system of proactively caching content for a mobile electronic device. The method includes determining the location of a mobile electronic device, predicting the location of the mobile electronic device, including a prediction of when the mobile electronic device will be in a location of low or no network connectivity. The data that will be retrieved while the mobile electronic device is not connected to the network is also predicted. Thereafter, the predicted data that will be retrieved is downloaded prior to losing network connectivity so that it can be accessed from memory while the mobile electronic device has low or no network connectivity. Other embodiments are also described.

First claim

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining, using a processor, the location of a mobile electronic device; predicting, using the processor, that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity in the near future; predicting data that will be used while the mobile electronic device is in the location with low or no network connectivity; and retrieving and storing the predicted data in a memory.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein:
predicting that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity comprises using historical usage data of the mobile electronic device to perform a cognitive prediction of the location of the mobile electronic device in the near future.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 wherein:
predicting that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity comprises using historical usage data of a plurality of users to perform a cognitive prediction of the location of the mobile electronic device in the near future.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein:
predicting that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity comprises using outage data from service providers to predict the future location of the mobile electronic device.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein:
predicting data that will be used by the mobile electronic device further comprises:
determining an amount of time that the mobile electronic device will be in the area with low or no network connectivity; and
proactively storing an amount of data that is dependent on the predicted amount of time.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining a free Wi-Fi hotspot in proximity to the predicted position of the mobile electronic device when it is in the area of low or no network connectivity; and
providing a notification via the mobile electronic device of a location of the free Wi-Fi hotspot.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
using an in-memory proxy server to proactively access and store the predicted data.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:
using an in-memory proxy server to store outbound data from the mobile electronic device; and
upon entering an area with network connectivity, sending the data from the in-memory proxy server.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein:
predicting data that will be used by the mobile electronic device comprises using historical usage data of the mobile electronic device to cognitively predict future data that will be accessed using the mobile electronic device.

10 . A computer system comprising:
a memory; and a processor system communicatively coupled to the memory; the processor system configured to perform a method comprising: determining the location of a mobile electronic device; predicting that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity in the near future; predicting data that will be used while the mobile electronic device is in the location with low or no network connectivity; and retrieving and storing the predicted data in a memory.

11 . The computer system of claim 10 wherein:
predicting that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity comprises using historical usage data of the mobile electronic device to perform a cognitive prediction of the location of the mobile electronic device in the near future.

12 . The computer system of claim 11 wherein:
predicting that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity comprises using historical usage data of a plurality of users to perform a cognitive prediction of the location of the mobile electronic device in the near future.

13 . The computer system of claim 10 wherein:
predicting that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity comprises using outage data from service providers to predict the future location of the mobile electronic device.

14 . The computer system of claim 10 wherein:
predicting data that will be used by the mobile electronic device comprises using historical usage data of the mobile electronic device to cognitively predict future data that will be accessed using the mobile electronic device.

15 . The computer system of claim 10 wherein:
predicting data that will be used by the mobile electronic device further comprises:
determining an amount of time that the mobile electronic device will be in the area with low or no network connectivity; and
proactively storing an amount of data that is dependent on the predicted amount of time.

16 . The computer system of claim 10 further comprising:
determining a free Wi-Fi hotspot in proximity to the predicted position of the mobile electronic device when it is in the area of low or no network connectivity; and
providing a notification via the mobile electronic device of a location of the free Wi-Fi hotspot.

17 . The computer system of claim 10 further comprising:
using an in-memory proxy server to proactively access and store the predicted data.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 10 further comprising:
using an in-memory proxy server to store outbound data from the mobile electronic device; and
upon entering an area with network connectivity, sending the data from the in-memory proxy server.

19 . A computer program product comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions readable by a processor system to cause the processor system to perform a method comprising: determining the location of a mobile electronic device; predicting that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity in the near future; predicting data that will be used while the mobile electronic device is in the location with low or no network connectivity; and retrieving and storing the predicted data in a memory.

20 . The computer program product of claim 19 wherein:
predicting that the mobile electronic device will be in a location with low or no network connectivity comprises using historical usage data of the mobile electronic device to perform a cognitive prediction of the location of the mobile electronic device in the near future.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Castelli Vittorio
• Dinu Georgiana
• Florian Radu
• Kundu Gourab
• Moon Taesun
• Sil Avirup

Classifications

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04M3/42178

  by downloading data to substation equipment · CPC title

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/18

  Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals · CPC title