Granted Patent B2

US 12,366,908 · App. 17/747,890 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Inventors: Huamin Chen (Westford, MA); Chen Wang (Chappaqua, NY); Yehuda Sadeh-Weinraub (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.

G06F1/3206G06F1/28G06F2212/1028

Abstract

Claims (50)

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a computing device comprising a processor device and powered by a power source, that data stored on a storage device associated with the computing device is to be transmitted to a remote computing device;

determining, by the computing device, a power state of the power source;

selecting, by the computing device, a first encoding mechanism from a plurality of different encoding mechanisms based on the power state of the power source, wherein the first encoding mechanism comprises a first compression technique and a first encryption technique, and wherein selecting the first encoding mechanism comprises:

selecting the first compression technique from a plurality of compression techniques based on the power state of the power source; and

selecting the first encryption technique from a plurality of encryption techniques based on the power state of the power source and the first compression technique;

encoding, by the computing device, the data based on the first encoding mechanism to generate encoded data; and

transmitting, by the computing device to the remote computing device, the encoded data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising comparing the power state to a first energy range.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein selecting the first encoding mechanism further comprises:

determining that the power state is within the first energy range; and

in response to determining the that the power state is within the first energy range, selecting the first encoding mechanism, the first encoding mechanism requiring less energy consumption than a second encoding mechanism of the plurality of encoding mechanisms.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein selecting the first encoding mechanism further comprises:

determining that the power state is within the first energy range; and

in response to determining the that the power state is within the first energy range, selecting the first encoding mechanism, the first encoding mechanism requiring more energy consumption than a second encoding mechanism of the plurality of encoding mechanisms.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein determining that the data stored is to be transmitted further comprises receiving a request from the remote computing device to send the data.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein determining that the data stored is to be transmitted further comprises receiving a notification that a transmission timer has expired.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising increasing the transmission timer to delay a frequency of transmission.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising decreasing the transmission timer to increase a frequency of transmission.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein determining that the data stored is to be transmitted further comprises receiving a notification that an amount of data storage availability is less than a data capacity threshold.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the power source is a battery.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

comparing the power state to a first energy range;

measuring historical power consumption of the battery; and

redefining the first energy range based on the historical power consumption.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining a strength of a cellular signal, wherein selecting the first encoding mechanism further comprises selecting the first encoding mechanism based on the strength of the cellular signal.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the computing device is one of a mobile handset, an internet of things device, a computer laptop, or any other device that contains a processor device, storage, and a wireless transceiver.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the data stored on the storage device is one of environmental data, multimedia data, and telemetry data.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein encoding the data based on the first encoding mechanism to generate the encoded data comprises:

compressing, by the computing device, the data based on the first compression technique to generate compressed data; and

encrypting, by the computing device, the compressed data based on the first encryption technique to generate the encoded data.

16. A computing device, comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor device coupled to the memory to:

determine that data stored on a storage device associated with the computing device is to be transmitted to a remote computing device;

determine a power state of a power source that powers the computing device;

select a first encoding mechanism from a plurality of different encoding mechanisms based on the power state of the power source, wherein the first encoding mechanism comprises a first compression technique and a first encryption technique, and wherein, to select the first encoding mechanism, the processor device is to:

select the first compression technique from a plurality of compression techniques based on the power state of the power source; and

select the first encryption technique from a plurality of encryption techniques based on the power state of the power source and the first compression technique;

encode the data based on the first encoding mechanism to generate encoded data; and

transmit, via the wireless transceiver, the encoded data to the remote computing device.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that includes executable instructions to cause a processor device to:

determine that data stored on a storage device associated with a computing device is to be transmitted to a remote computing device;

determine a power state of a power source that powers the computing device;

select a first encoding mechanism from a plurality of different encoding mechanisms based on the power state of the power source, wherein the first encoding mechanism comprises a first compression technique and a first encryption technique, and wherein, to select the first encoding mechanism, the instructions further cause the processor device to:

select the first compression technique from a plurality of compression techniques based on the power state of the power source; and

select the first encryption technique from a plurality of encryption techniques based on the power state of the power source and the first compression technique;

encode the data based on the first encoding mechanism to generate encoded data; and

transmit the encoded data to the remote computing device.

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