Facilitating power conservation for devices based on likelihood of power usage level

• US 10,139,892 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2016
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.), Chalant Health Incorporated
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hardin, Stephen Thomas, Lau, Erie Lai Har, Greaves, Brian, Osterwise, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Hicks, Austin
• Application Number:
  US15/055,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20170249007A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: 713323
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3867 Geometry of map features, e.g. shape points, polygons or for simplified maps
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3212 Monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being initiated when battery voltage goes below a certain level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3296 by lowering the supply or operating voltage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Power conservation for devices is facilitated based on likelihood of power usage level. An example method can comprise determining, by a first device comprising a processor, that a second device is within a defined proximity of a third device, wherein the third device is determined to be operating in a mode according to a first power consumption operation that satisfies a defined condition, and wherein the operating in the mode according to the first power consumption operation is based on the third device being located at a defined location. The method can also comprise facilitating, by the first device, modification of the mode of the third device based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the third device. In various embodiments, the third device is configured to operate according to the power save mode or the extended discontinuous reception mode.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a first device comprising a processor, that a mobile device is within an arrival portion of an airport and a vehicle is in a parking portion of the airport;

identifying, by the first device, that the vehicle is operating in an enhanced discontinuous reception mode of a wireless communication technology; and

after the determining and the identifying, facilitating, by the first device, modification of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode of the vehicle based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second power consumption operation is an increased power consumption operation relative to a first power consumption operation, and wherein the facilitating the modification of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode comprises facilitating a change to the increased power consumption operation at a time of the determination of the likelihood of usage.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining, by the first device, that the mobile device is approaching the vehicle, wherein the determination of the likelihood of usage is based on the determining that the mobile device is within the defined proximity of the vehicle and based on the determining that the mobile device is moving toward the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is associated with a user of the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle comprises a marine vehicle configured to operate according to power save mode.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle comprises a radio associated with a lock of a stationary structure and the mobile device is associated with a user of the stationary structure.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a first power consumption operation is associated with a first latency of response time for the vehicle, wherein the second power consumption operation is associated with a second latency of response time, and wherein the first latency is greater than the second latency.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the first device, a duration during which to perform a first power consumption operation, wherein the determining the duration is based on the defined location of the first device.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining that a mobile device is within an arrival portion of an airport and a vehicle is in a parking portion of the airport;

identifying that the vehicle is operating in an enhanced discontinuous reception mode of a wireless communication technology; and

facilitating, after the determining and the identifying, adjustment of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode of the vehicle based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the vehicle.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the second power consumption operation is an increased power consumption operation relative to a first power consumption operation, and wherein the facilitating the adjustment of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode comprises facilitating a change to the increased power consumption operation at a time of the determination of the likelihood of usage.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the mobile device is approaching the vehicle, and wherein the determination of the likelihood of usage is based on the determining that the vehicle is within the defined proximity of the mobile device and based on the determining that the mobile device is moving toward the vehicle.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the mobile device is associated with a user of the vehicle.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the vehicle comprises a marine vehicle configured to operate according to the extended discontinuous reception mode.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

determining that a mobile device is within an arrival portion of an airport and a vehicle is in a parking portion of the airport;

identifying that the vehicle is operating in an enhanced discontinuous reception mode of a wireless communication technology; and

facilitating based on the determining and the identifying, modification of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode of the vehicle based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the vehicle.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the second power consumption operation is an increased power consumption operation relative to a first power consumption operation, and wherein the facilitating the modification of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode comprises facilitating a change to the increased power consumption operation at a time of the determination of the likelihood of usage.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the mobile device is approaching the vehicle, wherein the determination of the likelihood of usage is based on the determining that the first device is within the defined proximity of the vehicle and based on determining that the mobile device is moving toward the second device.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the mobile device is associated with a user of the vehicle.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the vehicle comprises a marine vehicle configured to operate according to power save mode.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the vehicle comprises a radio associated with a lock of a stationary structure and the mobile device comprises a mobile device associated with a user of the stationary structure.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein a first power consumption operation is associated with a first latency of response time for the second device, wherein the second power consumption operation is associated with a second latency of response time, and wherein the first latency is greater than the second latency.