Method and system for opportunistic delivery of less-than-best-effort application data over communication networks
US10033820B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/54
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a method and system for opportunistic delivery of less-than-best-effort application data, a WIN network identified the elements of the wireless network servicing a specified mobile client. One or more elements of the wireless network servicing the specified mobile client monitor the connection state of a mobile client and notify the WIN network of connection state changes so that a chatty application running on an external application server may be notified by the WIN network to deliver packet data when the specified mobile client is connected to the network for some other purpose or when unused network resources are available. In this way, network resource overload caused by chatty applications is reduced.
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