Conserving Battery and Data Usage

• US 20140189056A1
• Filed: 10/25/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: St. Clair, Luke, Weaver, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 9,781,223 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes determining a power consumption profile for a device. Status information for the device may be received, wherein the status information comprises power status and network connectivity status. Using a resource-control algorithm and based on the status information and the power consumption profile, a schedule for sending push events to the device may be determined. Content to be provisioned to the device may be identified, and the scheduled push events may be sent to the device, in order to provision the identified content to the device. The resource-control algorithm may be further based on one or more device-based consumption factors, such as a periodic data usage transfer limit with respect to a specified network and a data usage status with respect to the specified network, or system-wide consumption factors, such as a power threshold that applies across all devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, determining a power consumption profile for a device;

by the computing device, receiving status information for the device, wherein the status information comprises power status and network connectivity status;

by the computing device, determining, using a resource-control algorithm and based on the status information and the power consumption profile, a schedule for sending push events to the device;

by the computing device, identifying content to be provisioned to the device; and

by the computing device, sending the scheduled push events to the device, wherein the push events provision the identified content to the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more device-based consumption factors.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the device-based consumption factors comprise a periodic data usage transfer limit with respect to a specified network and a data usage status with respect to the specified network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein if the data usage status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the data usage transfer limit, no push events are included in the schedule until a period of time associated with the data usage transfer limit is renewed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more system-wide consumption factors.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the system-wide consumption factors comprise a power threshold that applies across all devices.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein if the power status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the power threshold, no push events are included in the schedule until the device is re-charged.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the push events comprise commands to wake the device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the scheduled push events to the device comprises initiating the push events in accordance with the schedule.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the scheduled push events to the device comprises sending the schedule to the device.

11. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

determine a power consumption profile for a device;

receive status information for the device, wherein the status information comprises power status and network connectivity status;

determine, using a resource-control algorithm and based on the status information and the power consumption profile, a schedule for sending push events to the device;

identify content to be provisioned to the device; and

send the scheduled push events to the device, wherein the push events provision the identified content to the device.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein the determination of the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more device-based consumption factors.

13. The media of claim 12, wherein the device-based consumption factors comprise a periodic data usage transfer limit with respect to a specified network and a data usage status with respect to the specified network.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein if the data usage status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the data usage transfer limit, no push events are included in the schedule until a period of time associated with the data usage transfer limit is renewed.

15. The media of claim 11, wherein the determination of the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more system-wide consumption factors.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein the system-wide consumption factors comprise a power threshold that applies across all devices.

17. The media of claim 16, wherein if the power status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the power threshold, no push events are included in the schedule until the device is re-charged.

18. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

determine a power consumption profile for a device;

receive status information for the device, wherein the status information comprises power status and network connectivity status;

determine, using a resource-control algorithm and based on the status information and the power consumption profile, a schedule for sending push events to the device;

identify content to be provisioned to the device; and

send the scheduled push events to the device, wherein the push events provision the identified content to the device.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the push events comprise commands to wake the device.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the processors being operable when executing the instructions to send the scheduled push events to the device comprises the processors being operable when executing the instructions to initiate the push events in accordance with the schedule or to send the schedule to the device.