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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Russell P. Finn, Winchester, GB;
Peter Griffin, Southsea, GB;
Stephen Hurst, Hampshire, GB;
Sarah E. Jackson, Hursley, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/18 (2009.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04W 76/028 (2013.01); H04L 67/145 (2013.01); H04L 67/322 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a device comprising connecting to an external data source via a network, determining that the network connection has been broken, determining that the network connection has been restored, detecting that a user is accessing an application that requires access to the network connection, and prioritizing the accessed application with respect to the required access to the network connection.