USING PAUSE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO MANAGE RESOURCES

• US 20120102191A1
• Filed: 10/26/2010
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: RABII, KHOSRO M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,043,797 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals

Abstract

An electronic device for using pause to manage resources is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The electronic device monitors a pause duration and determines whether to perform a resource management operation based on the pause duration. The electronic device performs the resource management operation based on the pause duration.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor;

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to;

monitor a pause duration;

determine whether to perform a resource management operation based on the pause duration; and

perform the resource management operation based on the pause duration.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to progressively deconstruct a multimedia ecosystem based on the pause duration.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable to evaluate one or more resource management factors.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the one or more resource management factors comprises the pause duration.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the one or more resource management factors further comprise a content source, power resources remaining, a device temperature, one or more concurrent tasks, a user behavior, user requirements, a continued operation expectation, a content type, a distant acknowledgment, a content format, a content duration and a communication configuration.

6. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the one or more resource management factors further comprise processor usage, memory usage and power usage.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more resource management operations comprises outputting a prompt, terminating one or more applications, discontinuing decoding, allowing standby, notifying one or more remote devices, notifying one or more locally networked devices and caching processed data.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein monitoring the pause duration comprises:

detecting a pause operation; and

determining whether the pause duration is greater than or equal to one or more pause duration thresholds.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein monitoring the pause duration further comprises:

determining whether a pause operation is ongoing; and

restoring content playback if the pause operation is not ongoing.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the resource management operation controls local resources.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the resource management operation controls distant resources.

12. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein evaluating the one or more resource management factors comprises:

obtaining one or more resource management factor inputs; and

determining one or more weights.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein determining whether to perform a resource management operation comprises:

determining an operation value; and

selecting one or more resource management operations based on the operation value.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a wireless communication device.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein multimedia content is paused.

16. A method for using a pause duration to manage resources, comprising:

monitoring the pause duration on an electronic device;

determining, on the electronic device, whether to perform a resource management operation based on the pause duration; and

performing, on the electronic device, the resource management operation based on the pause duration.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising progressively deconstructing a multimedia ecosystem based on the pause duration.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising evaluating one or more resource management factors.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more resource management factors comprises the pause duration.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more resource management factors further comprise a content source, power resources remaining, a device temperature, one or more concurrent tasks, a user behavior, user requirements, a continued operation expectation, a content type, a distant acknowledgment, a content format, a content duration and a communication configuration.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more resource management factors further comprise processor usage, memory usage and power usage.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more resource management operations comprises outputting a prompt, terminating one or more applications, discontinuing decoding, allowing standby, notifying one or more remote devices, notifying one or more locally networked devices and caching processed data.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein monitoring the pause duration comprises:

detecting a pause operation; and

determining whether the pause duration is greater than or equal to one or more pause duration thresholds.

24. The method of claim 16, wherein monitoring the pause duration further comprises:

determining whether a pause operation is ongoing; and

restoring content playback if the pause operation is not ongoing.

25. The method of claim 16, wherein the resource management operation controls local resources.

26. The method of claim 16, wherein the resource management operation controls distant resources.

27. The method of claim 18, wherein evaluating the one or more resource management factors comprises:

obtaining one or more resource management factor inputs; and

determining one or more weights.

28. The method of claim 16, wherein determining whether to perform a resource management operation comprises:

determining an operation value; and

selecting one or more resource management operations based on the operation value.

29. The method of claim 16, wherein the electronic device is a wireless communication device.

30. The method of claim 16, wherein multimedia content is paused.

31. A computer-program product for using a pause duration to manage resources, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions thereon, the instructions comprising:

code for causing an electronic device to monitor the pause duration;

code for causing the electronic device to determine whether to perform a resource management operation based on the pause duration; and

code for causing the electronic device to perform the resource management operation based on the pause duration.

32. The computer-program product of claim 31, wherein the instructions further comprise code for progressively deconstructing a multimedia ecosystem based on the pause duration.

33. The computer-program product of claim 31, wherein the instructions further comprise code for evaluating one or more resource management factors.

34. The computer-program product of claim 31, wherein monitoring the pause duration comprises:

detecting a pause operation; and

determining whether the pause duration is greater than or equal to one or more pause duration thresholds.

35. An apparatus for using a pause duration to manage resources, comprising:

means for monitoring the pause duration;

means for determining whether to perform a resource management operation based on the pause duration; and

means for performing the resource management operation based on the pause duration.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, further comprising means for progressively deconstructing a multimedia ecosystem based on the pause duration.

37. The apparatus of claim 35, further comprising means for evaluating one or more resource management factors.

38. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein monitoring the pause duration comprises:

detecting a pause operation; and

determining whether the pause duration is greater than or equal to one or more pause duration thresholds.