Power Saving method for mobile communication terminal
First Claim
1. A power saving method for a mobile terminal, comprising:
- determining a setting of an activation condition for at least one user function;
measuring a remaining power capacity of a battery if the activation condition occurs; and
controlling the at least one user function based on the remaining power capacity of the battery.
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Abstract
A power saving method for a mobile telephone is disclosed that can increase the useful life of a battery charge by temporarily turning off non-essential telephone functions not required for call transmission or reception. The method determines whether the remaining capacity of the telephone battery is smaller than a predetermined reference value. The power saving method includes the steps of setting an activation condition for non-essential telephone functions, detecting a state that satisfies the activation condition, measuring the remaining capacity of the telephone'"'"'s battery if the activation condition is satisfied, and controlling an activation operation of the non-essential telephone functions by comparing the measured remaining charged capacity with a reference value. The power saving method may include saving to and recalling from memory user preference settings when a user function is de-activated and re-activated, respectively.
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33 Claims
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1. A power saving method for a mobile terminal, comprising:
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determining a setting of an activation condition for at least one user function;
measuring a remaining power capacity of a battery if the activation condition occurs; and
controlling the at least one user function based on the remaining power capacity of the battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A power saving method for a mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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determining an activation condition setting for a user function;
detecting whether the activation condition is satisfied;
measuring a remaining power capacity of a battery if the activation condition is satisfied;
determining whether the remaining power capacity of the battery is smaller than a prescribed reference value; and
storing in a memory said activation condition setting if the remaining power capacity of the battery is smaller than the prescribed reference value, and de-activating the corresponding user function.
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22. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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means for controlling a plurality of user functions;
means for detecting a remaining power capacity of a battery;
means for automatically deactivating at least one of the plurality of user functions in accordance with the remaining power capacity of the battery; and
means for automatically reactivating the at least one deactivated user function. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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27. An improved mobile communication terminal, wherein the improvement comprises:
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configuring a mobile station modem to determine whether a remaining power capacity of a battery is below a prescribed reference value;
configuring the mobile station modem to store a current setting of a prescribed active user function in a memory if the remaining power capacity of the battery is below the prescribed reference value; and
configuring the mobile station modem to automatically deactivate the prescribed active user function if the remaining power capacity of the battery is below the prescribed reference value.
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29. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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a mobile station modem configured to control at least one prescribed user function; and
a battery coupled to the mobile station modem to provide power to the mobile communication terminal;
wherein the mobile station modem is configured to detect a power reserve condition of the battery and deactivate the at least one prescribed user function if the power reserve condition of the battery falls below a prescribed threshold.
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