Mobile device radio use optimization by batching low priority requests

Abstract

Systems and methods of context aware traffic management for network and device resource conservation are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for using characteristics of user activity on the mobile device to locally adjust behavior of the mobile device to optimize battery consumption on the mobile device, using characteristics of user activity on the mobile device to locally adjust behavior of the mobile device to optimize battery consumption on the mobile device, and/or using characteristics of user activity on the mobile device to locally adjust behavior of the mobile device to optimize battery consumption on the mobile device.

1 . A method of conserving battery consumption on a mobile device, the method, comprising:
 adjusting operation at the mobile device to optimize battery consumption absent user activity at the mobile device;   wherein, the operation is adjusted by:
 intercepting transactions by mobile applications on the mobile device in the absence of user activity; and 
 preventing at least a portion of the transactions from accessing a network. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein,
 the adjustment of the operation of the mobile device comprises adjusting use of radio on the mobile device.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, access of the network is prevented by preventing access or use of the radio on the mobile device. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, when the characteristics of the user activity indicate that the user is subsequently active, the modifying of the communication frequency with the mobile device includes sending data buffered as a result of decreased communication frequency, to the mobile device. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, waiting to send at least the portion of transactions from the mobile device until occurrence of a trigger event. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein, the trigger event includes, user activity. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the trigger event includes, presence or power-on of backlight. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein, the trigger event includes, key presses, or touch screen activities at the mobile device. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, waiting to send at least the portion of transactions from the mobile device until after a period of time. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein, the period of time is determined from the length of time absent the user activity at the mobile device. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, the transactions include background requests of one or more of the mobile applications. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein, the transactions include low priority transactions of one or more of the mobile applications. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein, the low priority transactions include, one or more of, updating message status as being read, unread, and deleting of messages. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, identifying the at least the portion of transactions as being the low priority transactions;
 aggregating the low priority transactions for batch transfer from the mobile device.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising,
 detecting characteristics of user activity at the mobile device;   using characteristics of the user activity at the mobile device to locally adjust radio use on the mobile device.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein, when the characteristics of the user activity indicate that the user is subsequently active, radio use is adjusted to send the at least the portion of the transactions buffered as a result of the intercepting, over the network. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , using characteristics of the transactions to adjust radio use on the mobile device; wherein, the characteristics of transactions include time criticality of the transactions. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein, a low power radio mode or a high power radio mode is selected for use on the mobile device based on the time criticality of the transactions. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein, the time critical transaction includes a transaction resulting from a user-initiated data transfer. 
     
     
         20 . A method of conserving battery consumption on a mobile device during user inactivity, the method, comprising:
 identifying during user inactivity at the mobile device, transactions initiated by mobile applications as being the low priority transactions;   aggregating transactions for batch transfer from the mobile device;   wherein, the transactions are detected during a period of user inactivity at the mobile device;   wherein, the transactions are intercepted and prevented from accessing a network until the occurrence of a trigger event.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein, the trigger event includes, one or more of, presence or power-on of backlight, key presses, or touch screen activities at the mobile device. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein, the mobile applications for which the transactions are prevented are specified by a network operator. 
     
     
         23 . A method of optimizing radio use on a mobile device, the method, comprising:
 detecting multiple events having a first priority type initiated on the mobile device, when the mobile device is in background mode;   cumulating the multiple events having the first priority type, at least some of which occurred at different instances in time for batched transfer to a server in wireless communication with the mobile device.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein, the background mode is absent user activity at the mobile device with clients which generated the multiple events. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein, the multiple events include background traffic for mobile clients on the mobile device. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein, the batch transfer occurs when interactive traffic is detected at the mobile device. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein, the batch transfer occurs when an event of a second priority type is detected at the mobile device; wherein the second priority type is of higher priority than the first priority type. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein, the batch transfer from the mobile device occurs when radio use is otherwise triggered at the mobile device. 
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein, the batched transfer occurs after a period of time. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein, the batch transferring is user configurable to be enabled or disabled.