Keep-alive message integration over a wireless communication network
View Patent ↗A wireless communication device that executes applications receives keep-alive messages including keep-alive data from the applications. The device processes the keep-alive data to select keep-alive messages for keep-alive message integration. The wireless communication device transfers integrated keep-alive data for the selected messages during a transfer window. A wireless communication system receives and processes the integrated keep-alive data to transfer individual keep-alive messages having the keep-alive data.
1. A method of operating a wireless communication device that executes a plurality of applications that transfer keep-alive messaging, the method comprising:
receiving and storing a first keep-alive message including first keep-alive data from a first one of the applications for transfer to a first keep-alive system over a wireless communication system, the first keep-alive message comprising a first periodically transferred message to keep active a first service on the first keep-alive system associated with the first one of the applications;
processing the first keep-alive data to select the first keep-alive message for keep-alive message integration, and in response, delaying the transfer of the first keep-alive data from a first time until a keep-alive transfer window and encoding the first keep-alive data into a first keep-alive code that represents the first keep-alive data;
receiving and storing a second keep-alive message including second keep-alive data from a second one of the applications for transfer to a second keep-alive system over the wireless communication system, the second keep-alive message comprising a second periodically transferred message to keep active a second service on the second keep-alive system associated with the second one of the applications;
processing the second keep-alive data to select the second keep-alive message for the keep-alive message integration, and in response, delaying the transfer of the second keep-alive data from a second time until the keep-alive transfer window and encoding the second keep-alive data into a second keep-alive code that represents the second keep-alive data; and
transferring the first keep-alive code and the second keep-alive code to the wireless communication system in a single integrated keep-alive message during the keep-alive transfer window.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein:
processing the first keep-alive data to select the first keep-alive message for the keep-alive message integration comprises comparing the first keep-alive data to set of keep-alive message signatures; and
processing the second keep-alive data to select the second keep-alive message for the keep-alive message integration comprises comparing the second keep-alive data to the set of keep-alive message signatures.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein transferring the first keep-alive data and the second keep-alive data to the wireless communication system during the keep-alive transfer window comprises wirelessly transferring the first keep-alive message and the second keep-alive message to the wireless communication system during the keep-alive transfer window.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein transferring the first keep-alive data and the second keep-alive data to the wireless communication system in the single integrated keep-alive message during the keep-alive transfer window comprises wirelessly transferring the first keep-alive data and the second keep-alive data in the single integrated keep-alive message to the wireless communication system during the keep-alive transfer window.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first keep-alive code represents the first keep-alive system and the first application and the second keep-alive code represents the second keep-alive system and the second application.
6. A wireless communication system comprising:
a wireless communication device configured to receive a first keep-alive message including first keep-alive data from a first application for transfer to a first keep-alive system, the first keep-alive message comprising a first periodically transferred message to keep active a first service on the first keep-alive system associated with the first application, process the first keep-alive data to select the first keep-alive message for keep-alive message integration, and in response, delay the transfer of the first keep-alive data until a keep-alive transfer window and encode the first keep-alive data into a first keep-alive code that represents the first keep-alive data;
the wireless communication device configured to receive a second keep-alive message including second keep-alive data from a second application for transfer to a second keep-alive system, the second keep-alive message comprising a second periodically transferred message to keep active a second service on the second keep-alive system associated with the second application, process the second keep-alive data to select the second keep-alive message for the keep-alive message integration, and in response, delay the transfer of the second keep-alive data until the keep-alive transfer window and encode the second keep-alive data into a second keep-alive code that represents the second keep-alive data; and
the wireless communication device configured to wirelessly transfer the first keep-alive code and the second keep-alive code in a single integrated keep-alive message during the keep-alive transfer window;
the wireless communication system configured to wirelessly receive the first keep-alive code and the second keep-alive code in the single integrated keep-alive message, and in response, decode the first keep-alive code to generate the first keep-alive data and decode the second keep-alive code to generate second keep-alive data; and
the wireless communication system configured to transfer the first keep-alive message having the first keep-alive data for delivery to the first keep-alive system and transfer the second keep-alive message having the second keep-alive data for delivery to the second keep-alive system.
7. The wireless communication system of claim 6 wherein the wireless communication device is configured to compare the first keep-alive data to set of keep-alive messaging signatures to select the first keep-alive message for the keep-alive message integration and to compare the second keep-alive data to the set of keep-alive messaging signatures to select the second keep-alive message for the keep-alive message integration.
8. The wireless communication system of claim 6 wherein:
the wireless communication device is configured to wirelessly transfer the first keep-alive message with the first keep-alive data and the second keep-alive message with the second keep-alive data during the keep-alive transfer window; and
the wireless communication system is configured to wirelessly receive the first keep-alive message with the first keep-alive data and the second keep-alive message with the second keep-alive data.
9. The wireless communication system of claim 6 wherein:
the wireless communication device is configured to wirelessly transfer the first keep-alive data and the second keep-alive data in the single integrated keep-alive message during the keep-alive transfer window; and
the wireless communication system is configured to wirelessly receive the single integrated keep-alive message with the first keep-alive data and the second keep-alive data.
10. The wireless communication system of claim 6 wherein the first keep-alive code represents the first keep-alive system and the first application and the second keep-alive code represents the second keep-alive system and the second application.
11. The wireless communication system of claim 6 wherein the first keep-alive code represents the first keep-alive system and the first application and the second keep-alive code represents the second keep-alive system and the second application.
12. The wireless communication system of claim 6 wherein:
the wireless communication system is configured to wirelessly transfer keep-alive detection and encoding data; and
the wireless communication device is configured to wirelessly receive the keep-alive detection and encoding data.
13. The wireless communication system of claim 12 wherein the keep-alive detection and encoding data includes a set of keep-alive messaging signatures and the wireless communication device is configured to compare the first keep-alive data to the set of keep-alive messaging signatures to select the first keep-alive message for the keep-alive message integration and compare the second keep-alive data to the set of keep-alive messaging signatures to select the second keep-alive message for the keep-alive message integration.