Battery usage tracking user interface

• US 10,416,745 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2017
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Vyas, Amit K., Coffman, Patrick L., Liu, Albert S., Pathak, Abhinav, Ramadurai, Anand
• Primary Examiner(s): Choudhury, Zahid
• Application Number:
  US15/452,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20170177054A1
• Time in Patent Office: 924 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3646 for indicating electrical conditions or variables, e.g. visual or audible indicators
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• 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 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

A portable electronic device having a user interface for displaying battery usage of the device over a given time period, with the battery usage from various subsystems. The various subsystems including at least one hardware subsystem and the battery usage attributed to a plurality of software applications based on activity of the plurality of software applications, while battery usage of the various subsystems was monitored.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for performing a method comprising;

determining battery usage attributed to a first application over a first time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the first time period;

receiving a request to display a battery usage user interface; and

in response to receiving the request;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the first time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of one or more causes of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the first time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period that does not include the qualifier information;

determining battery usage attributed to a second application over the first time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the first time period;

receiving a second request to display the battery usage user interface; and

in response to receiving the second request;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the first time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of one or more causes of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the first time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period that does not include the qualifier information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the qualifier display criteria includes a criterion that is met when the exceptional battery usage is at least a threshold percentage of total battery usage attributed to the first application.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the threshold percentage is one third of the total battery usage attributed to the first application.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the qualifier display criteria includes a criterion that is met when the exceptional battery usage is at least a threshold percentage of total battery usage.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the qualifier display criteria includes a criterion that is met when the exceptional battery usage was caused by one or more background processes.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for performing the method further comprising:

determining battery usage attributed to the first application over a second time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the second time period;

receiving a third request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period; and

in response to receiving the third request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the second time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of the cause of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the second time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period that does not include the qualifier information.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for performing the method further comprising:

determining battery usage attributed to the second application over a second time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the second time period;

receiving a fourth request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period; and

in response to receiving the fourth request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the second time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of the cause of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the second time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period that does not include the qualifier information.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the battery usage user interface includes representations of a plurality of applications having qualifier information.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the battery usage user interface includes fewer representations of applications with qualifier information than representations of applications without qualifier information.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the qualifier information displayed includes descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the qualifier information displayed coalesces descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage into a single description of the exceptional battery usage.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the qualifier information displayed includes descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage and a description of a cause of the exceptional battery usage is truncated.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the qualifier information displayed includes descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage and a description of a cause of the exceptional battery usage is suppressed.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the qualifier information for the first application is displayed proximate to a representation of the first application that includes an indication of the battery usage attributed to the first application.

15. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory;

determining battery usage attributed to a first application over a first time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the first time period;

receiving a request to display a battery usage user interface; and

in response to receiving the request;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the first time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of one or more causes of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the first time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period that does not include the qualifier information;

determining battery usage attributed to a second application over the first time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the first time period;

receiving a request second to display the battery usage user interface; and

in response to receiving the second request;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the first time Period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of one or more causes of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the first time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period that does not include the qualifier information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the qualifier display criteria includes a criterion that is met when the exceptional battery usage is at least a threshold percentage of total battery usage attributed to the first application.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the threshold percentage is one third of the total battery usage attributed to the first application.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the qualifier display criteria includes a criterion that is met when the exceptional battery usage is at least a threshold percentage of total battery usage.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the qualifier display criteria includes a criterion that is met when the exceptional battery usage was caused by one or more background processes.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining battery usage attributed to the first application over a second time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the second time period;

receiving a third request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period; and

in response to receiving the third request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the second time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of the cause of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the second time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period that does not include the qualifier information.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining battery usage attributed to the second application over a second time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the second time period;

receiving a fourth request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period; and

in response to receiving the fourth request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the second time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of the cause of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the second time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period that does not include the qualifier information.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein the battery usage user interface includes representations of a plurality of applications having qualifier information.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the battery usage user interface includes fewer representations of applications with qualifier information than representations of applications without qualifier information.

24. The method of claim 15, wherein the qualifier information displayed includes descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage.

25. The method of claim 15, wherein the qualifier information displayed coalesces descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage into a single description of the exceptional battery usage.

26. The method of claim 15, wherein the qualifier information displayed includes descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage and a description of a cause of the exceptional battery usage is truncated.

27. The method of claim 15, wherein the qualifier information displayed includes descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage and a description of a cause of the exceptional battery usage is suppressed.

28. The method of claim 15, wherein the qualifier information for the first application is displayed proximate to a representation of the first application that includes an indication of the battery usage attributed to the first application.

29. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to perform a method comprising:

determining battery usage attributed to a first application over a first time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the first time period;

receiving a request to display a battery usage user interface; and

in response to receiving the request;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the first time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of one or more causes of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the first time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the first time period that does not include the qualifier information;

determining battery usage attributed to a second application over the first time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the first time period;

receiving a second request to display the battery usage user interface; and

in response to receiving the second request;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the first time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of one or more causes of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the first time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the first time period that does not include the qualifier information.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the qualifier display criteria includes a criterion that is met when the exceptional battery usage is at least a threshold percentage of total battery usage attributed to the first application.

31. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein the threshold percentage is one third of the total battery usage attributed to the first application.

32. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the qualifier display criteria includes a criterion that is met when the exceptional battery usage is at least a threshold percentage of total battery usage.

33. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the qualifier display criteria includes a criterion that is met when the exceptional battery usage was caused by one or more background processes.

34. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

determining battery usage attributed to the first application over a second time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the second time period;

receiving a third request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period; and

in response to receiving the third request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the second time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of the cause of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the first application that occurred during the second time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the first application over the second time period that does not include the qualifier information.

35. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

determining battery usage attributed to the second application over a second time period, wherein the battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period includes exceptional battery usage that occurred during the second time period;

receiving a fourth request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period; and

in response to receiving the fourth request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period;

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the second time period meets qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period that includes qualifier information that is indicative of the cause of the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period; and

in accordance with a determination that the exceptional battery usage attributed to the second application that occurred during the second time period does not meet the qualifier display criteria, displaying a representation of battery usage attributed to the second application over the second time period that does not include the qualifier information.

36. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the battery usage user interface includes representations of a plurality of applications having qualifier information.

37. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the battery usage user interface includes fewer representations of applications with qualifier information than representations of applications without qualifier information.

38. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the qualifier information displayed includes descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage.

39. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the qualifier information displayed coalesces descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage into a single description of the exceptional battery usage.

40. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the qualifier information displayed includes descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage and a description of a cause of the exceptional battery usage is truncated.

41. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the qualifier information displayed includes descriptions of a plurality of causes of the exceptional battery usage and a description of a cause of the exceptional battery usage is suppressed.

42. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the qualifier information for the first application is displayed proximate to a representation of the first application that includes an indication of the battery usage attributed to the first application.