PREFETCHING APPLICATION DATA FOR PERIODS OF DISCONNECTIVITY

摘要

Application data prefetching embodiments are presented that prefetch and provide application data for use by an application operating on a mobile computing device during a period of disconnectivity from a communications network. In this way, an online experience can be achieved even during periods of network disconnectivity. In one implementation, application data is pushed to a mobile computing device by a cloud-based application data prefetching service. In another implementation, the mobile computing device takes on the tasks of prefetching the application data and providing it to the application.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented process for pushing application data to a mobile computing device for use by an application operating on the mobile computing device during a period of disconnectivity from a communications network, comprising:
using one or more computing devices to perform the following process actions: receiving application traffic data from the mobile computing device, said application traffic data comprising at least one computer network addresses specifying a network site where application data relevant to the application can be obtained; analyzing the received application traffic data to identify the application data that is to be prefetched to enable operation of the application during a period of disconnectivity from a communications network; prefetching the identified application data; and providing at least some of the prefetched application data to the mobile computing device during times when the mobile computing device is connected to a communications network for storage by the mobile computing device.