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US 9,210,714 · App. 14/099,698 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Method and apparatus for predicting mobile device wireless link quality of service requirements along a predicted path

Inventors: Will A. Egner (Cedar Park, TX); William B. Quinn (Austin, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products, LP
H04W72/085H04W4/028H04W28/26H04W64/006
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,210,714
App. No.
14/099,698
Filed
Dec 6, 2013
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2648
USPC
455/452.2
Abstract

An information handling system includes a wireless adapter for communicating with a wireless link and a storage device for storing a spatial-temporal user profile comprising historical wireless service type profiles for a location where the information handling system is operating. The information handling system further includes an application processor that selects a predicted future system during a future time interval. The application processor determines quality of service requirements along the predicted future system.

Claims (33)

1. An information handling system comprising:

a wireless adapter to communicate with a wireless link;

a storage device to store a spatial-temporal user profile comprising historical wireless service type profiles for a plurality of locations where the information handling system has operated;

an application processor to select a predicted future information handling system path during a future time interval; and

the application processor to determine quality of service (QoS) requirements along the predicted future information handling system path based on historical wireless service type profiles at locations along the predicted future information handling system path.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the spatial-temporal user profile includes categories of wireless service types and wireless service usage levels for the categories at a plurality of locations along the predicted future information handling system path.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the spatial-temporal user profile includes categories of wireless service types selected from voice, SMS, email, and HTTP activity.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the spatial-temporal user profile includes wireless usage levels further comprising historical percentages of total wireless adapter usage attributed to each category of wireless service.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the historical percentages of total wireless adapter usage attributed to each category of wireless service is limited to usage during a daily recurring period of time.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application processor determines QoS requirements for locations along the predicted future information handling system path by assessing minimum QoS tolerance policy settings for each category of wireless service type.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the application processor selects the QoS requirements for the predicted future information handling system path by weighting QoS criteria for predominant wireless services expected to be used based on the historical wireless service type profiles.

8. A computer implemented method comprising:

storing a spatial-temporal user profile comprising historical wireless service type profiles for a plurality of locations where the information handling system has operated;

selecting, via a processor, a predicted future information handling system path during a future time interval; and

determining quality of service (QoS) requirements along the predicted future information handling system path based on historical wireless service type profiles at locations along the predicted future information handling system path.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the spatial-temporal user profile includes categories of wireless service types and wireless service usage levels for the categories of wireless service at a plurality of locations along the predicted future information handling system path.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the spatial-temporal user profile includes categories of wireless service types selected from voice, SMS, email, and HTTP activity.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the spatial-temporal user profile includes wireless usage levels further comprising historical percentages of total wireless adapter usage attributed to each category of wireless service type.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining QoS requirements for locations along the predicted future information handling system path further comprises assessing minimum QoS tolerance policy settings for each category of wireless service type.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

selecting the QoS requirements for the predicted future information handling system path by selecting QoS criteria for predominant wireless services expected to be used based on the historical wireless service type profiles,

wherein the QoS criteria include latency and jitter.

14. An information handling system comprising:

a network interface device to receive data identifying a mobile information handling system;

a storage device to store a spatial-temporal user profile comprising historical wireless service type profiles for a plurality of locations where the mobile information handling system has operated;

an application processor to select a predicted future path for a mobile information handling system during a future time interval; and

the application processor to determine quality of service (QoS) requirements along the predicted future information handling system path based on historical wireless service type profiles at locations along the predicted future path for the mobile information handling system.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the spatial-temporal user profile includes categories of wireless service types and wireless usage levels for the categories at a plurality of locations along the predicted future path for the mobile information handling system.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the spatial-temporal user profile includes categories of wireless service types selected from voice, SMS, email, and HTTP activity.

17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the spatial-temporal user profile includes wireless usage levels further comprising historical percentages of total wireless usage by the mobile information handling system attributed to each category of wireless service type.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the application processor determines QoS requirements for locations along the predicted future information handling system path based on minimum QoS tolerance policy settings for each category of wireless service type.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the minimum QoS tolerance policy settings for each category of wireless service type are selected from QoS criteria including latency, packet loss, jitter, and minimum bandwidth.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the application processor selects the QoS requirements for the predicted future path for the mobile information handling system by selecting QoS criteria according to predominant wireless services expected to be used based on the historical wireless service type profiles.

Assignments (15)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
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From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO ASAP SOFTWARE EXPRESS, INC.); DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL USA L.P.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC CORPORATION (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO MAGINATICS LLC); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO MOZY, INC.); SCALEIO LLC
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (040136/0001) Recorded Apr 26, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO ASAP SOFTWARE EXPRESS, INC.); DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL USA L.P.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC CORPORATION (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO MAGINATICS LLC); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO MOZY, INC.); SCALEIO LLC
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To: ASAP SOFTWARE EXPRESS, INC.; AVENTAIL LLC; CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL USA L.P.; DELL INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL SOFTWARE INC.; DELL SYSTEMS CORPORATION; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; MAGINATICS LLC; MOZY, INC.; SCALEIO LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 21, 2016
From: ASAP SOFTWARE EXPRESS, INC.; AVENTAIL LLC; CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL USA L.P.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL SOFTWARE INC.; DELL SYSTEMS CORPORATION; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; MAGINATICS LLC; MOZY, INC.; SCALEIO LLC; SPANNING CLOUD APPS LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 21, 2016
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RELEASE OF REEL 032809 FRAME 0887 (ABL) Recorded Sep 13, 2016
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2015
From: EGNER, WILL A.; QUINN, LIAM B.
To: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
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Continuation In Part 13604906 · Sep 6, 2012
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