diff --git a/java/res/values/urls.xml b/java/res/values/urls.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a8e9ad7d323aca21c90123199be920d671eb64a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/res/values/urls.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2012, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+<resources>
+    <string name="research_logger_upload_url" translatable="false"></string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/research/ResearchLogUploader.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/research/ResearchLogUploader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3b1213009e3b899e1622f5de2b2a7ab1cd45decb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/research/ResearchLogUploader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.research;
+
+import android.Manifest;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.IntentFilter;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
+import android.net.NetworkInfo;
+import android.os.BatteryManager;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.R.string;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileFilter;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public final class ResearchLogUploader {
+    private static final String TAG = ResearchLogUploader.class.getSimpleName();
+    private static final int UPLOAD_INTERVAL_IN_MS = 1000 * 60 * 15; // every 15 min
+    private static final int BUF_SIZE = 1024 * 8;
+
+    private final boolean mCanUpload;
+    private final Context mContext;
+    private final File mFilesDir;
+    private final URL mUrl;
+    private final ScheduledExecutorService mExecutor;
+
+    private Runnable doUploadRunnable = new UploadRunnable(null, false);
+
+    public ResearchLogUploader(final Context context, final File filesDir) {
+        mContext = context;
+        mFilesDir = filesDir;
+        final PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
+        final boolean hasPermission = packageManager.checkPermission(Manifest.permission.INTERNET,
+                context.getPackageName()) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED;
+        if (!hasPermission) {
+            mCanUpload = false;
+            mUrl = null;
+            mExecutor = null;
+            return;
+        }
+        URL tempUrl = null;
+        boolean canUpload = false;
+        ScheduledExecutorService executor = null;
+        try {
+            final String urlString = context.getString(R.string.research_logger_upload_url);
+            if (urlString == null || urlString.equals("")) {
+                return;
+            }
+            tempUrl = new URL(urlString);
+            canUpload = true;
+            executor = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
+        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+            tempUrl = null;
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return;
+        } finally {
+            mCanUpload = canUpload;
+            mUrl = tempUrl;
+            mExecutor = executor;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void start() {
+        if (mCanUpload) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "scheduling regular uploading");
+            mExecutor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(doUploadRunnable, UPLOAD_INTERVAL_IN_MS,
+                    UPLOAD_INTERVAL_IN_MS, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        } else {
+            Log.d(TAG, "no permission to upload");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void uploadNow(final Callback callback) {
+        // Perform an immediate upload.  Note that this should happen even if there is
+        // another upload happening right now, as it may have missed the latest changes.
+        // TODO: Reschedule regular upload tests starting from now.
+        if (mCanUpload) {
+            mExecutor.submit(new UploadRunnable(callback, true));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public interface Callback {
+        public void onUploadCompleted(final boolean success);
+    }
+
+    private boolean isExternallyPowered() {
+        final Intent intent = mContext.registerReceiver(null, new IntentFilter(
+                Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED));
+        final int pluggedState = intent.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_PLUGGED, -1);
+        return pluggedState == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_AC
+                || pluggedState == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_USB;
+    }
+
+    private boolean hasWifiConnection() {
+        final ConnectivityManager manager =
+                (ConnectivityManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
+        final NetworkInfo wifiInfo = manager.getNetworkInfo(ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI);
+        return wifiInfo.isConnected();
+    }
+
+    class UploadRunnable implements Runnable {
+        private final Callback mCallback;
+        private final boolean mForceUpload;
+
+        public UploadRunnable(final Callback callback, final boolean forceUpload) {
+            mCallback = callback;
+            mForceUpload = forceUpload;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            doUpload();
+        }
+
+        private void doUpload() {
+            if (!mForceUpload && (!isExternallyPowered() || !hasWifiConnection())) {
+                return;
+            }
+            if (mFilesDir == null) {
+                return;
+            }
+            final File[] files = mFilesDir.listFiles(new FileFilter() {
+                @Override
+                public boolean accept(File pathname) {
+                    return pathname.getName().startsWith(ResearchLogger.FILENAME_PREFIX)
+                            && !pathname.canWrite();
+                }
+            });
+            boolean success = true;
+            if (files.length == 0) {
+                success = false;
+            }
+            for (final File file : files) {
+                if (!uploadFile(file)) {
+                    success = false;
+                }
+            }
+            if (mCallback != null) {
+                mCallback.onUploadCompleted(success);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private boolean uploadFile(File file) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "attempting upload of " + file.getAbsolutePath());
+            boolean success = false;
+            final int contentLength = (int) file.length();
+            HttpURLConnection connection = null;
+            InputStream fileIs = null;
+            try {
+                fileIs = new FileInputStream(file);
+                connection = (HttpURLConnection) mUrl.openConnection();
+                connection.setRequestMethod("PUT");
+                connection.setDoOutput(true);
+                connection.setFixedLengthStreamingMode(contentLength);
+                final OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream();
+                final byte[] buf = new byte[BUF_SIZE];
+                int numBytesRead;
+                while ((numBytesRead = fileIs.read(buf)) != -1) {
+                    os.write(buf, 0, numBytesRead);
+                }
+                if (connection.getResponseCode() != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
+                    Log.d(TAG, "upload failed: " + connection.getResponseCode());
+                    InputStream netIs = connection.getInputStream();
+                    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(netIs));
+                    String line;
+                    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                        Log.d(TAG, "| " + reader.readLine());
+                    }
+                    reader.close();
+                    return success;
+                }
+                file.delete();
+                success = true;
+                Log.d(TAG, "upload successful");
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            } finally {
+                if (fileIs != null) {
+                    try {
+                        fileIs.close();
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+                }
+                if (connection != null) {
+                    connection.disconnect();
+                }
+            }
+            return success;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/research/ResearchLogger.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/research/ResearchLogger.java
index e27e84f53c11051ac67666019a87c967d378e69a..b40bfe387f3a05f00a143de806ed10388379a285 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/research/ResearchLogger.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/research/ResearchLogger.java
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ public class ResearchLogger implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChang
     private KeyboardSwitcher mKeyboardSwitcher;
     private Context mContext;
 
+    private ResearchLogUploader mResearchLogUploader;
+
     private ResearchLogger() {
     }
 
@@ -158,6 +160,8 @@ public class ResearchLogger implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChang
                 e.apply();
             }
         }
+        mResearchLogUploader = new ResearchLogUploader(ims, mFilesDir);
+        mResearchLogUploader.start();
         mKeyboardSwitcher = keyboardSwitcher;
         mContext = ims;
         mPrefs = prefs;
@@ -327,7 +331,7 @@ public class ResearchLogger implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChang
                 latinIME.getString(R.string.note_timestamp_for_researchlog),
                 showEnable ? latinIME.getString(R.string.enable_session_logging) :
                         latinIME.getString(R.string.do_not_log_this_session),
-                latinIME.getString(R.string.log_whole_session_history),
+                latinIME.getString(R.string.log_whole_session_history)
         };
         final DialogInterface.OnClickListener listener = new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
             @Override
@@ -536,6 +540,7 @@ public class ResearchLogger implements SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenceChang
             return;
         }
         if (mMainResearchLog == null) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "ResearchLog was not properly set up");
             return;
         }
         if (isPrivacySensitive) {