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`Attorney Docket No.: 028482-003600
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`TRAFFIC CATEGORIZATION AND POLICY DRIVING RADIO STATE
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`Ari Backholm, a citizen of Finland, residing at Los Altos, CA
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`Seven Networks
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`TRAFFIC CATEGORIZATION AND POLICY DRIVING RADIO STATE
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`In the art today there are performance enhancing proxies and general standards for
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`improvements of TCP performance in wired and wireless networks. Some of these techniques
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`use clients and some are clientless. Some can look at network performance to enhance the
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`optimization they provide. As noted, some may utilize a client and some may operate clientless.
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`Almost all, if not all, are focused on optimization based on only a one-sided view of the
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`networks connected to such a platform- either outbound wired, inbound/outbound wireless, or
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`based solely on the cooperation with a client.
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`Description of One or More Embodiments of the Invention
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`Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that optimizes multiple aspects of
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`the connection with wired and wireless networks and devices through a complete view of activity
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`including: loading, current application needs on a client, controlling the type of access (push vs.
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`pull or hybrid), location, concentration of users in a single area, time of day, how often the user
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`interacts with the application, content or device, and using this information to shape traffic to a
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`cooperative client/server or simultaneously mobile devices without a cooperative client. Because
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`the inventive server is not tied to any specific network provider it has visibility into the network
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`performance across all service providers. This enables optimizations to be applied to devices
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`regardless of the operator or service provider, thereby enhancing the user experience and
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`managing network utilization while roaming. Bandwidth has been considered the major issue in
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`wireless networks today. More and more research has been done related to the need for
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`additional bandwidth to solve access problems - many of the performance enhancing solutions
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`and next generation standards, such as L TE and WiMAX are focused on providing increased
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`bandwidth. However, history has shown that this simply doesn't solve all the problems. A key
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`problem is lack of bandwidth on the signaling channel more so than the data channel.
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`Embodiments of the present invention align requests from multiple applications to
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`minimize the need for several polling requests; leverage specific content types to determine how
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`to proxy/manage a connection/content; and apply specific heuristics associated with device, user
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`behavioral patterns (how often they interact with the device/application) and network parameters.
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`Embodiments of the present invention move recurring http polls done by various widgets,
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`RSS readers etc. to a fixed internet (NOC), thus considerably lowering device battery/power
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`consumption, radio channel signaling, and bandwidth usage. Additionally, embodiments ofthe
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`present invention do this transparently so that existing applications do not need to be changed. In
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`some embodiments, this can be done by implementing a local proxy on the device which
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`automatically detects recurring requests for the same content (RSS feed, Widget data set) that
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`matches a specific rule (e.g. happens every 15 minutes) and automatically caches the content on
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`the client while delegating the polling to the server (e.g., to a proxy or virtual proxy operated as
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`an element of a communications network). The server would then notify the mobile/client proxy
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`if the content changes, and if content has not changed (or not changed sufficiently, or in an
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`identified manner or amount) the mobile proxy provides the latest version in its cache to the user
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`(without need to utilize the radio at all). This way the mobile device (e.g., a handset) does not
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`need to open up or use a data connection if the request is for content that is monitored and that
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`has been not flagged as new/changed.
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`The logic for automatically adding URLs/content to be monitored can check for various
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`factors like how often the content is the same, how often the same request is made (is there a
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`fixed interval/pattern?), which application is requesting the data, etc. Similar rules to skip using
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`the cache and request the data from the original source may also be used. For example, when the
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`request comes at an unscheduled/unexpected time (user initiated check), or after every (n)
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`consecutive times the response has been provided from the cache, etc., or if the application is
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`running in the background vs. in a more interactive mode of the foreground. As more and more
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`mobile applications base their features on resources available in the network, this becomes
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`increasingly important. Embodiments ofthe present invention also remove unnecessary chatter
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`from the network, benefitting the operators trying to optimize the wireless spectrum usage.
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`In some embodiments, the present invention includes a distributed proxy for network
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`traffic optimization, as shown in Figure 1. The main components include a proxy client running
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`on a device [1 05], a proxy server running in the network [1 02], and an internal protocol between
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`the proxy client and the proxy server [109, 110]. Typically, the proxy client and proxy server
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`would be implemented as a set of instructions executed by a (micro) processor, although other
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`implementations are possible (firmware, etc.). The proxy client, shown in Figure 2, includes
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`connection management functionality [206J, application protocol logic modules [213J, a local
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`cache [203J, and an interface to retrieve information on device properties (e.g., information on
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`device battery level, whether the device is being actively used or not, and the registered network)
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`[210J. The proxy server, shown in Figure 3, includes connection management functionality
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`[302J, application protocol logic modules [31 OJ, a connection and content metadata database
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`[303J, and a device information database [304J.
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`In general operation, the proxy client [202J is an application independent proxy that
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`mobile applications [200J can use to open any TCP connection to any host. The proxy client will
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`detect the type of traffic and utilize an appropriate application protocol module [213 J to process
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`the traffic. With the chosen protocol/logic module, the proxy client may process the data locally
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`and generate necessary talkback communication using its local cache, communicate the
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`processed data along with device properties to the proxy server using the internal protocol [11 OJ,
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`modify or delay any data before sending it to the proxy server, detect usage patterns between
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`similar connections and provide this to the proxy server as connection metadata, or any
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`combination of the above.
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`If the proxy server is contacted regarding processing the original connection, the proxy
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`server will utilize an appropriate application protocol module [31 OJ to process the traffic. With
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`the chosen protocol/logic module, the proxy server may contact the intended target of the
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`connection and route the data from the proxy client to the target, generate talkback
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`communication using its local cache, modify or delay any talkback communication data based on
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`the device properties, and based on the connection metadata, start background processing to
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`gather data for later use with similar connections, as well as any combination of the above.
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`Both the proxy client and the proxy server will, where applicable continue to observe and
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`process the data using the application protocol modules for the entire duration of the connection.
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`After the original connection no longer exists, the proxy client and proxy server may still share
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`information about the ceased connection and its properties for later use with similar connections.
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`In this mode of operation, the proxy server may signal the proxy client that some data in its local
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`cache is no longer up to date (and hence is stale), or alternatively pre-load the client cache with
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`the fresh data. This can be done in bulk to avoid multiple radio requests, or on an application by
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`application basis.
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`From a mobile application's [200] point of view, the proxy is transparent and no
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`modifications are needed in the way the application uses the connections. Proxy-aware mobile
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`applications [212] may also be implemented, and can provide additional information about the
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`connection characteristics to the proxy .client.
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`In some embodiments, the present invention offers benefits with respect to network
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`usage, in that by serving requests from the local cache, the proxy client reduces the number of
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`requests that are done over the wireless network. Further, the proxy client and the proxy server
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`may filter irrelevant data from the communicated data. The proxy client and the proxy server
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`may also accumulate low priority data and send it in batches to avoid the protocol overhead of
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`sending individual data fragments. The proxy client and the proxy server may compress or
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`transcode the traffic, reducing the amount of data sent over a wireless network. The signaling
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`traffic in a wireless network is reduced, as the wireless network is used less often by optimizing
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`small bursts away and the network traffic can be synchronized among individual applications.
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`With respect to the battery life of a mobile device, by serving requests from the local
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`cache, the proxy client reduces the number of times the radio module is powered up. The proxy
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`client and the proxy server may accumulate low priority data and send it in batches to reduce the
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`number of times and/or amount of time when the radio is powered up. The proxy client may
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`synchronize the network usage by performing the hatched data transfer for all connections
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`simultaneously.
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`In some embodiments, the present invention may be used in the case of home screen
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`widget polling for data using HTTP, as shown in Figure 4. In the normal flow of operation, the
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`widget performs a HTTP request to the data provider server [405, 406]. If the data has been
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`updated, the widget refreshes itself. The widget waits for a small period of time and starts over at
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`the initial step. With respect to using a distributed proxy, the widget performs a HTTP request
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`via the proxy client [ 407, 408]. The proxy client detects the connection type to be a HTTP GET
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`request. The proxy client checks the local cache for any previous information about the request.
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`If the locally stored response is not available, the client updates all information about the
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`request and the time it was made for later use. The client sends the request to the proxy server
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`and the server performs the request and returns the results. The client stores information about
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`the result and returns the result to the requestor. If the same request has occurred multiple times
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`(within a certain time period) and it has often yielded same results, the client notifies the proxy
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`server that the request should be monitored for result changes [ 409]. If the request was marked
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`for monitoring, the client will store the results into its local cache. If the locally stored response
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`is available, the client will return the response from the local cache without performing
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`communication over the wireless network [413].
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`Independently of the widget or client operation, the server proxy will perform the
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`requests marked for monitoring to see whether the response has changed [410]. Whenever an
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`unexpected response is received for some request, the server will notify the client that the
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`response has changed and that the locally stored response on the client should be erased or
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`replaced with a new response [ 416]. A subsequent data request by the client results in the data
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`being returned from the proxy server [417, 418]. A benefit ofusing the distributed proxy in this
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`case is that the wireless network is only used whenever the content for the widget has actually
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`changed; the traffic required to check for the changes is not done over the wireless network. This
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`reduces the amount of generated network traffic and shortens the total time and the number of
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`times the radio module is powered up on the mobile device, thus reducing battery consumption.
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`With respect to polling for changes in a mailbox, in the normal flow of operation, the
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`mail client opens a connection to the mail server, the mail client authenticates with the server and
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`queries for new email, and if new mail has arrived, a notification is shown. The mail client then
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`closes the connection. The mail client waits for a period of time and starts over. A variation is to
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`leave the connection open and start over at the second step after a predetermined period of time.
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`In the context of a distributed proxy, the mail client opens a connection to the mail server
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`via the proxy client, the proxy client detects the traffic type and the chosen application logic
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`module simulates a mail server authentication, and the proxy client looks up from the local
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`database whether information about the particular mail connection is available. If the information
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`is not available, the connection is routed to the proxy server, the proxy server establishes a
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`connection to the mail server and performs authentication using the data from the mail client, the
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`data between the mail client and the mail server is directly routed through the proxy connection,
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`and when the mail client closes the connection, the proxy client may choose to leave the actual
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`connection to the backend open and store information about the connection into the local
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`database for later use if the same mail connection has been used frequently. If the information is
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`available, the client proxy will continue to simulate mail server responses for the mail client for
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`all queries for which it has the data available. If the mail client performs an operation that cannot
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`be simulated by the proxy client, the proxy client will route the data to the proxy server and the
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`proxy server will pass the data to the mail server and route the data between the two. The proxy
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`server may need to re-establish the connection to the mail server at this point. When the mail
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`client closes the connection, the proxy client may choose to continue to store information about
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`the connection for later use or it may request the proxy server to terminate the mail server
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`connection and remove any information about the connection from the database.
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`Independently of the mail client or the proxy client, the proxy server will query the mail
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`server for any changes that the mail client has previously queried. If any information in the mail
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`server has changed, the proxy server will notify the proxy client to stop simulating any responses
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`based on locally cached data in order to let the mail client receive the changed data from the mail
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`server.
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`Embodiments of the present invention mitigate application protocol keep-alive traffic.
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`Existing application protocols may provide long lived connections that allow servers to push
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`updated data to the client without the need of the client to periodically re-establish the
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`connection or to periodically query for changes. However, the client needs to be sure that the
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`connection remains usable by periodically sending some data, often called a keep-alive message,
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`to the server and making sure the server is receiving this data. While the amount of data sent for
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`a single keep alive message is not significant and the keep-alive interval for an individual
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`application is not too short, the cumulative effect of multiple applications performing this
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`operation individually will amount to small pieces of data being sent very frequently. Frequently
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`sending bursts of data in a wireless network results in high battery consumption by a mobile
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`device due to the constant need of powering the radio module. Each burst will also require a
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`significant amount of signaling traffic in a wireless network compared to the actual data being
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`sent. By using the inventive distributed proxy model, the proxy client can prevent the keep-alive
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`messages (or at least many of them) from being sent over the network and the proxy server can
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`independently generate the required keep-alive messages to maintain the actual backend
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`connection.
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`In alternative embodiments, the proxy client can be implemented directly into the TCP/IP
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`stack of the device operating system. The proxy client can be bundled into a wireless modem to
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`provide transparent use for the device operating system. The proxy client can also be bundled
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`into a firewall or a router to provide transparent use for the device operating system.
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`Alternative embodiments apply similar techniques for a variety of protocols including
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`HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, POP, SMTP and ActiveSync. Use of application specific protocol
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`handlers allows for optimization of any protocol that can be port mapped to a hander in the
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`distributed proxy.
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`Traffic Categorization and Policy
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`In some embodiments, as a client-server proxy, the present invention is able to establish
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`policies for choosing traffic (data, content, messages, etc.) to cache and/or shape. Additionally,
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`by combining information from observing the application making the network requests, getting
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`explicit information from the application, or knowing the network destination the application is
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`reaching, the invention can determine what category the transmitted traffic belongs to. For
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`purposes of some embodiments of the invention, traffic may fall into two categories: (al)
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`interactive traffic and (a2) background traffic. A difference is that in (al) a user is actively
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`waiting for a response, while in (2) a user is not expecting a response. This categorization is
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`parallel to a second type of categorization of traffic as (b 1) immediate, (b2) low priority, (b3)
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`immediate if the requesting application is in the foreground and active. For example, a new
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`email may be in the (bl) category to be delivered immediately, but it still is (a2) background
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`traffic- a user is not actively waiting for it. A similar categorization applies to instant messages
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`when they come outside of an active chat session. During an active chat session a user is
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`expecting a response faster.
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`As examples of the possible uses ofthe described categorization scheme, consider the
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`following. All (al) interactive traffic is categorized as (bl) immediate- but (a2) background
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`traffic may also be (b2) or (b3). An example of a low priority transfer is email maintenance(cid:173)
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`deleting email or marking email as read. Such a transfer can typically occur at the earlier of (a)
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`timer exceeding a timeout value (for example, 2 minutes), and (b) data being sent for other
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`purposes. An example of (b3) is IM presence updates, stock ticker updates, weather updates and
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`newsfeeds. When the UI of the application is in the foreground AND active (for example, as
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`indicated by the backlight of the device/phone being lit), updates should be considered
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`immediate whenever server has something to push to the device. When the application is NOT
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`in the foreground OR not active, such updates should be suppressed entirely until the application
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`comes to foreground and is active.
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`With some embodiments of the present invention, networks can be optimized
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`simultaneously for (al) interactive traffic and (a2) background traffic.
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`Previously this has not been possible, as seen in the body of prior art, for example
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`http:/ /www.qualcomm.com/common/ documents/white _papers/Optimizing_PSDataU serExp _ UE
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`BatteryLife.pdf, where recommendations are presented about finding network configurations that
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`provide adequate compromise - if not optimized - configurations for most typical applications.
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`As recognized by the present inventor(s), as the number and complexity of applications
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`increases, this approach will not scale and networks will be configured sub-optimally. This
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`affects both the mobile device battery life as well as network signaling resources, as unnecessary
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`state transitions between network states consume both.
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`I n some embodiments of the present invention, as the client device proxy (separately or
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`in conjunction with the server proxy) is able to categorize the traffic to (for example) (al)
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`interactive and (a2) background, it can apply different policies to different types of traffic. This
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`means that it can internally operate differently for (al) and (a2) traffic (for example, by allowing
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`interactive traffic to always go through to the network in whole or in part, and apply stricter
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`traffic control to background traffic; or the client side only allowing a request to activate the
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`radio if it has received information from the server that the content at the host has been updated,
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`etc.).
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`When the request does require access over the wireless network, the present invention
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`can request the radio layer to apply different network configurations to different traffic.
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`Depending on the type of traffic and network this may be achieved by different means:
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`(1) Using 3G/4G for (al) and 2G/2.5G for (a2);
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`(2) Explicitly specifying network configuration for different data sets (e.g. in terms of use of
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`F ACH vs. DCH, or otherwise requesting lower/more network efficient data rates for background
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`traffic); or
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`(3) Utilizing different network access points for different data sets (access points which would
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`be configured to use network resources differently similar to (1) and (2) above).
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`Additionally, 3GPP Fast Dormancy (as referenced in
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`http://www.gsmworld.com/documents/fast dormancy best practices.pdf and its references)
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`calls for improvements so that application, operating system or the mobile device would have
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`awareness of the traffic type to be more efficient in the future. Embodiments of the present
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`invention may solve the problem identified in Fast Dormancy, having the knowledge of the
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`traffic category and being able to utilize Fast Dormancy appropriately.
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`This way the entire network does not need to be configured with a compromised
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`configuration that adversely impacts both battery consumption and network signaling resources.
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`What is claimed is:
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`1.
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`A method of delivering data to a mobile device, comprising:
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`installing a proxy in the mobile device;
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`installing a proxy in a network element, the network element proxy
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`communicating with the mobile device proxy;
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`establishing a categorization scheme for the data, the categorization scheme
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`including categorizing the data as either interactive or background;
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`determining the category in which the data would be contained; and
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`based on the category, operating the proxy in the mobile device and the proxy in
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`the network element to transfer the data to reduce usage of a radio contained in the mobile
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`device.
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`Protocols
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`ProxyCcmtrol
`Protoc.ol
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`Hybrid Control
`Protocol
`[308)
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`Control
`Protocol
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`SMSControl
`P'rotocol
`[305)
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`Traffic Shaping
`[301]
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`Conn'Ertion·
`Managem~ent
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`Connection and
`Content Metad ata
`DB [303]
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`Device Information
`DB [304]
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`FigureS SEVEN Network Harmonizer Server Architecture
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`Server[403]
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`Request Satisfied From Caching Web Proxy [418]
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`Figure 4 SEVEN Network Harmonizer Distributed Proxy Polling
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