Enhanced M2M content management based on interest
Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for an M2M Interest Function. An M2M Interest Function may receive requests from users to publish the users' personal interests in particular data identify relationships and patterns in the data. Associated data may then be stored in a single best location for such data based on various criteria rather than on separate M2M Gateways or M2M Servers. This location may be provided to users interested in such data. Relationship and association data may be provided to M2M gateways.
1. A method for use by a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Interest server connected to a network, wherein the M2M Interest server comprises a processor and memory, and wherein the server further includes computer-executable instructions stored in the memory which, when executed by the processor, perform functions of an interest server in the network, the method comprising:
receiving, by the M2M Interest server from an application associated with a user via the network, indications of interest for data, wherein the indications of interest for data comprises filtering criteria corresponding to each respective device of multiple machine-to-machine (M2M) devices;
based on the received indications of interest for the data, determining, by the M2M Interest server, a best location recommendation for storing multiple content resources together based on a strategy, wherein the multiple content resources may be interested or requested by the application associated with the user together;
storing the determined best location recommendation for storing multiple content resources together;
providing the determined best location for multiple content resources to a network entity upon its request for the multiple content resources;
providing the determined best location to requesting M2M gateways;
receiving feedback from the requesting M2M gateways; and
adjusting, by the M2M Interest server, the strategy in determining the best location recommendation based on the feedback for other content.
2. A Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Interest server comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the M2M Interest server being connected to a communications network via its communication circuitry, the M2M Interest server further including computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the M2M Interest server which, when executed by the processor of the M2M Interest server, cause the M2M Interest server to:
receive, from an application associated with a user via the network, indications of interest for data, wherein the indications of interest for data comprises filtering criteria corresponding to each respective device of multiple machine-to-machine (M2M) devices, and wherein the reports of data request activities comprise identifiers of data requesters, content resources that each data requester requested, and time when each data requester requested;
based on the received indications of interest for the data and the reports of data request activities, determine, a best location for storing multiple content resources together based on a strategy, wherein the multiple content resources may be interested or requested by the application associated with the user together;
storing the determined best location recommendation for storing multiple content resources together;
providing the determined best location for multiple content resources to a network entity upon its request for the multiple content resources;
providing the determined best location to requesting M2M gateways;
receiving feedback from the requesting M2M gateways; and
adjusting the strategy in determining the best location recommendation based on the feedback for other content.
3. A system for use by a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Interest server, the system comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory coupled with the one or more processors, the memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to effectuate operations comprising:
receiving, from an application associated with a user via the network, indications of interest for data, wherein the indications of interest for data comprises filtering criteria corresponding to each respective device of multiple machine-to-machine (M2M) devices;
based on the received indications of interest for the data, determining a best location recommendation for storing multiple content resources together based on a strategy, wherein the multiple content resources may be interested or requested by the application associated with the user together;
storing the determined best location recommendation for storing multiple content resources together;
providing the determined best location for multiple content resources to a network entity upon its request for the multiple content resources;
providing the determined best location to requesting M2M gateways;
receiving feedback from the requesting M2M gateways; and
adjusting the strategy in determining the best location recommendation based on the feedback for other content.