Systems and Methods for Controlling Application Updates Across a Wireless Interface

摘要

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for managing connections between a mobile device and a network server over a network connection in a bandwidth-efficient manner. In one embodiment, a mobile device includes a processor, and there are a plurality of services executed by the processor, each of the services receiving information updates over a network connection from a server. At least one update interval function executed by the processor assigns an update interval to each of the services, the update intervals governing when each of the respective services request updated information over the network connection.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by an electronic device with a display and one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
without user interaction, dynamically setting and adjusting update intervals governing when each of a plurality of applications request updated information over a network connection, wherein the dynamic setting and adjusting of the update intervals uses one or more factors that change over time, the one or more factors selected from a group consisting of:
one or more update interval functions associated with a period of time after which each application will be updated and the update intervals are set, based at least upon known network characteristics, andone or more priority functions associated with an importance and relevance of each application, and a priority of each application is changed by: a user's actions selecting the application, statistics about times when network access has been accomplished, a probability of using the application, whether an application of the plurality of applications is clustered and updated as a group, or information from other applications executed by the one or more processors; and retrieving updated application data using one or more channels over the network connection, wherein the updated application data are retrieved according to the assigned update intervals.