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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2010
Vishnu Navda, Karnataka, IN;
Ramachandran Ramjee, Bangalore, IN;
Aaron Schulman, Washington, DC (US);
Venkata N. Padmanabhan, Karnataka, IN;
Kamal Jain, Washington, DC (US);
Vishnu Navda, Karnataka, IN;
Ramachandran Ramjee, Bangalore, IN;
Aaron Schulman, Washington, DC (US);
Venkata N. Padmanabhan, Karnataka, IN;
Kamal Jain, Washington, DC (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method scheduling outgoing communication in a mobile device is provided. The method includes receiving a signal quality profile for an area in which the device is located. The method further includes receiving a signal from a user application stored on the device that requests the mobile device to make the outgoing communication. Additionally, the method includes determining a current location, a speed, a direction, and a signal quality associated with the device and determining whether the signal quality is above a certain threshold. If not, the method includes predicting a future time at which the signal quality will be above the threshold based at least on the current location, the speed, the direction, the signal quality, and the signal quality profile. Finally, the method includes scheduling the outgoing communication from the mobile device at the future time.