Mobile Task Scheduling Based on Connectivity Prerequisites
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in configuring and managing multiple network connections on mobile devices, leading to increased configuration time, user confusion, and difficulty in identifying appropriate technical support due to location-specific and varying connectivity parameters, which can result in delayed connections, increased latency, and reduced battery life.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for a mobile device that includes a scheduler and connection manager to define connectivity prerequisites, manage communication interfaces, and automatically select the best connection based on location, bandwidth, and power state, ensuring efficient task execution and minimizing user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple communication schemes are provided for network access, then connectivity flexibility and location independence are improved, but configuration complexity and user management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages connection selection and configuration without requiring user intervention. The mobile device autonomously evaluates available communication schemes, selects the most appropriate one based on predefined criteria, and executes tasks accordingly, eliminating the need for users to manually configure each connection type.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes operational parameters based on connectivity conditions. By monitoring the state of different communication schemes and adjusting task execution parameters accordingly, the system adapts to varying network environments without requiring complex user configuration for each scenario.
2Ease of operation
If connection selection is automated based on bandwidth or signal strength, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability of connection availability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary evaluation of communication schemes before selecting a connection. By assessing the readiness and suitability of each available connection type in advance, the system ensures that the selected connection is reliable and ready for immediate use, rather than simply choosing based on current bandwidth or signal strength metrics.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms to monitor connection status and performance. By continuously evaluating whether selected connections are functioning properly and adjusting selection criteria based on this feedback, the system maintains both ease of automated operation and reliability of connection availability.
3Productivity
If bandwidth-intensive applications are executed on limited bandwidth connections, then application functionality is maintained, but power consumption increases and battery life decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts task execution based on current connectivity conditions and power state. By monitoring bandwidth availability and power consumption levels in real-time, the system flexibly schedules and executes tasks to maintain application functionality while optimizing power usage, preventing battery depletion during bandwidth-intensive operations on limited connections.
4Reliability
If configuration procedures are made comprehensive and location-specific, then connection reliability is improved, but configuration time and user confusion increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary configuration assessments and stores connection parameters for different locations in advance. When the mobile device is deployed to a new location, it automatically retrieves and applies pre-configured settings, ensuring connection reliability without requiring users to go through comprehensive configuration procedures at each new location.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for scheduling tasks for execution by a mobile device is provided. A connectivity prerequisite is defined for a task scheduled to be executed by the mobile device. Connectivity state information associated with the mobile device is received. The connectivity prerequisite is compared to the connectivity state information. The task is executed responsive to the connectivity state information satisfying the connectivity prerequisite.