Modifying system timers for optimizing mobile traffic management

Abstract

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor is provided. The instructions cause the processor to intercept requests from mobile applications on a mobile device, modify system timers to extend delay tolerance impacting the mobile applications, and bundle the requests that are intercepted for radio alignment. Associated methods are also provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
 intercept requests from mobile applications on a mobile device;   modify system timers to extend delay tolerance impacting the mobile applications; and   bundle the requests that are intercepted for radio alignment.   
     
     
         2 . The medium of  claim 1 , further comprising instructions to:
 transfer the bundled requests at the next radio event.   
     
     
         3 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the delay tolerance impacting the mobile applications is extended in an application-unaware manner. 
     
     
         4 . The medium of  claim 1 , wherein the system timers include at least one of protocol-specific timers or network stack timers. 
     
     
         5 . The medium of  claim 4 , wherein the protocol-specific timers are specific to protocols associated with the mobile applications. 
     
     
         6 . The medium of  claim 5 , wherein the protocols include HTTP, HTTPS or XMPP protocols. 
     
     
         7 . The medium of  claim 4 , wherein the network stack timers are associated with Transport Control Protocol (TCP) or User Datagram Protocol (UDP) stacks. 
     
     
         8 . The medium of  claim 7 , wherein the next radio event occurs when a screen of the mobile device is turned on or when a predefined period of time ends. 
     
     
         9 . A method for optimizing mobile traffic, comprising:
 intercepting requests from mobile applications on a mobile device;   modifying system timers to extend a delay tolerance impacting the mobile applications; and   bundling the requests that are intercepted for radio alignment.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further including transferring the bundled requests at the next radio event. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein modifying system timers to extend a delay tolerance comprises modifying system timers in an application-unaware manner.