Parallelization of application launch and activation of mobile data connection for applications requiring remote data in a device

摘要

A method and apparatus is provided that launches a selected application on a User Equipment (UE) such that if the launched application requires a mobile data connection and the UE's modem is in a dormant state, then the UE will transition the UE's modem from the dormant state to an active state and/or establish a mobile data connection while or in parallel with the selected application's initialization.

主权项

1. A method of launching an application by a user equipment (“UE”) when a mobile data network connection of the UE is in a dormant state, the method comprising:
initializing a selected application by a user of the UE while a modem within the UE is in a dormant state; requesting, in response to the initializing of the selected application, that a first socket is opened while the selected application is initializing, the first socket configured to establish a mobile network data connection; changing the state of the modem from a dormant modem state to an active modem state, opening the first socket and establishing the mobile network data connection between the modem and a mobile communication network while the selected application is initializing; requesting, by the selected application, that a second socket is opened, the second socket configured to request selected application related data from a remote server; opening the second socket by the modem substantially immediately upon the request by the selected application, the modem using the mobile network data connection; and receiving, by the modem, selected application related data from the remote server over the mobile network data connection.