Network control system adapted to provide services to mobile devices regarding mobile device battery life
First Claim
1. A method of operating a wireless network comprising a network control system, said method comprising the steps of:
- operating said network control system to receive the characteristics of a battery of a mobile device;
operating said network control system to receive information representing the magnitude of the RF signal power of said mobile device;
operating said network control system to generate information regarding the estimated service life of the present charge of said battery based using said received battery characteristics and said information regarding said magnitude of said RF signal power; and
operating said network control system to transmit said estimated service life of the present charge of said battery to said mobile device for display in the time domain.
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Abstract
A network control system adapted to receive battery characteristics from a mobile device. The battery characteristics are transmitted to the network control system upon the entry of an on-demand feature code into the mobile device. The network control system processes the received battery characteristics, as well as received information specifying the magnitude of the RF signal power of the mobile device. The processed information is used to generate information representing the estimated service life of the present charge of the battery of the mobile device. The generated information is transmitted by the network control system to the mobile device for display. The mobile device may transmit information to the network control system regarding the battery characteristics as well as the size of a file to be downloaded. The network control system transmits generated information to the mobile device indicating the estimated service life of the present battery charge as well as the estimated time to download the file. The displays may be in the time domain, or in a visual or multimedia format, or may be announcements.
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1. A method of operating a wireless network comprising a network control system, said method comprising the steps of:
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operating said network control system to receive the characteristics of a battery of a mobile device;
operating said network control system to receive information representing the magnitude of the RF signal power of said mobile device;
operating said network control system to generate information regarding the estimated service life of the present charge of said battery based using said received battery characteristics and said information regarding said magnitude of said RF signal power; and
operating said network control system to transmit said estimated service life of the present charge of said battery to said mobile device for display in the time domain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Apparatus defining a network control system adapted to provide information to a mobile device regarding the estimated service life of the present charge of a battery of said mobile device, said network control system comprising:
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apparatus adapted to receive information regarding the characteristics of a battery of said mobile device;
apparatus adapted to receive information representing the magnitude of the RF signal power of said mobile device;
apparatus responsive to derive the estimated service life of the present charge of said battery based upon the receipt of said battery characteristics as well as said information representing the magnitude of said RF signal power, and apparatus adapted to transmit said estimated service life of the present charge of said battery to said mobile device for display in the time domain. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Apparatus defining a network control system adapted to provide information to a mobile device regarding the estimated service life of the present charge of a battery of said mobile device, said network control system comprising:
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apparatus adapted to receive information regarding the characteristics of a battery of said mobile device;
apparatus that is operable in response to the receipt of said battery characteristics to generated information regarding the estimated service life of the present charge of said battery; and
apparatus adapted to transmit said estimated service life of the present charge of said battery to said mobile device for display in the time domain. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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