Reducing power consumption in a networked battery-operated device using sensors
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Abstract
A method and system for mobile device power consumption management decreases the instantaneous power consumption of a mobile device, increasing operational lifetime of the device. In an embodiment of the invention, the mobile device is associated with a plurality of device behavior modification techniques that can be set in response to data collected from a plurality of sensors associated with the device. In an embodiment, the sensors detect the device'"'"'s motion, tilt, proximity to a user, contact with a user, and orientation with respect to a user. In a further embodiment, the sensors detect a temperature related to the device or its environment.
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21 Claims
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1-17. -17. (canceled)
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18. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising:
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a plurality of device context fields each having a plurality of entries corresponding to the status of a device context variable; and
a device behavior field having a plurality of entries, each entry describing a device behavior for a mobile device, wherein each entry is associated with an entry in each of the plurality of device context fields. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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