Offloading application traffic to a shared communication channel for signal optimization in a wireless network for traffic utilizing proprietary and non-proprietary protocols
A method of reducing network traffic includes blocking, at a mobile device, a first channel to reduce network signaling in a network and to reduce battery consumption. The first channel includes a non-common channel. The method includes offloading application traffic of an application onto a second channel. The second channel may include a common channel. The method may include monitoring the application traffic of the application over the second channel, unblocking the first channel based on the monitored application traffic so that the application can perform an action, and re-blocking the first channel after the action has been completed. The method may include unblocking the first channel when user activity is detected, wherein the user activity includes whether the mobile device is being interacted with.
1. A server comprising:
a memory;
a processor configured to control the server for:
communicating with a mobile device over a shared channel and an application specific channel, wherein the application specific channel is a channel for an application on the mobile device to communicate with the server and the shared channel is a channel for the server and one or other servers to communicated with the mobile device through a messaging server;
offload traffic from the application specific channel to the shared channel in response to blocking of the application specific channel, wherein the blocking occurs in response to inactivity of the mobile device and the blocking blocks the server from communicating with the application over the application specific channel;
sending a message directed to the application over the shared channel through the messaging server while the application specific channel is blocked, wherein the message is in response to new data at the server and notifies the mobile device of the new data;
receiving a connection from the application over the application specific channel in response to receipt of the message by the mobile device;
communicate with the mobile device over the application specific channel for a period of time, and
wherein the application specific channel is blocked after expiration of the period of time.
2. The server of claim 1 , wherein communicating over the application specific channel includes pushing a transaction to the mobile device.
3. The server of claim 1 , wherein communicating over the application channel includes exchanging keep-alive traffic with the mobile device.
4. The server of claim 1 , wherein the message is pushed to the mobile device.
5. The server of claim 1 , wherein the blocking includes suspending the application.
6. The server of claim 5 , wherein suspending includes killing the application.
7. The server of claim 1 , wherein the application specific channel is a TCP connection.