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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Geoffrey R. Hall, San Jose, CA (US);

Franco Travostino, San Jose, CA (US);

Padmavathy Bhooma, San Jose, CA (US);

Venkateswara Rao Manepalli, San Jose, CA (US);

Sarma V. Vangala, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/147 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); Y02D 70/1242 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1262 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1264 (2018.01); Y02D 70/142 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/166 (2018.01); Y02D 70/23 (2018.01); Y02D 70/24 (2018.01); Y02D 70/25 (2018.01); Y02D 70/26 (2018.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for estimating data traffic characteristics for applications to condition data communication channels that support data packet transfer for the applications in wireless communication devices are disclosed. Data connections to support different applications and/or daemon software processes can be established and subsequently adjusted based on data traffic characteristics for data that the different applications/daemons generate and/or consume. Traffic flows for the applications/daemons are classified into traffic classes based on likely data traffic patterns. When data sources are added or deleted, changes to a traffic class state can be determined, and wireless circuitry adjusted based at least in part on the traffic class state and a traffic class policy. Adjusting parameters that affect the periodicity and/or length of active time periods and sleep periods in accordance with estimated data traffic patterns for applications/daemons that use the data connections can reduce power consumption by the wireless circuitry.


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