METHOD AND DEVICE WITH AN AUGMENTED RULES ENGINE

• US 20150257103A1
• Filed: 09/10/2013
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Detter, Craig J., Karthik, Vignesh M., Raghavan, Krishnan
• Application Number:
  US14/432,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20150257103A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0225 using monitoring of external events, e.g. the presence of a signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A device (200) and method (300) with an augmented rules engine is disclosed. The method (300) can include: providing (310) a power saving rule including a set of preconditions to be met, each precondition having a test procedure and an associated resource cost, the resource cost comprises power drain; executing (320) each precondition test procedure in a predetermined serial order starting with a lowest resource cost to a highest resource cost; discontinuing (330) a test procedure and disabling the power saving rule in the event a precondition is not met; and continuing (340) execution of a next precondition test procedure according to the predetermined order. Advantageously, the device (200) and method (300) can help to extend battery life, reduce latency and reduce receipt of unnecessary data.

Claims

1. A wireless communication method with augmented rules engine, comprising:

providing a power saving rule including a set of preconditions to be met, each precondition having a test procedure and an associated resource cost, the resource cost comprises power drain;

executing each precondition test procedure in a predetermined serial order starting with a lowest resource cost to a highest resource cost;

discontinuing a test procedure and disabling the power saving rule in the event a precondition is not met; and

continuing execution of a next precondition test procedure according to the predetermined order.

2. The wireless communication method of claim 1, further comprising providing a wireless communication device including an energy storage device.

3. The wireless communication method of claim 1, further comprising checking whether or not to trigger the power saving rule.

4. The wireless communication method of claim 1, further comprising sensing a condition relating to a wireless communication device with the power saving rule.

5. The wireless communication method of claim 1, further comprising providing a program which includes a heuristic algorithm to allow a user to program a wireless communication device based on collected historical user data.

6. The wireless communication method of claim 1, further comprising allowing a user to program a wireless communication device with smart actions.

7. The wireless communication method of claim 1, further comprising allowing a user to program a wireless communication device with smart actions, wherein the smart module is loadable, upgradeable and customizable.

8. The wireless communication method of claim 1, wherein the resource cost further includes a latency measure and a data measure.

9. The wireless communication method of claim 1, wherein the resource cost includes a latency measure, and the executing step includes executing a lowest latency measure followed by a next lowest latency measure.

10. The wireless communication method of claim 1, wherein the resource cost includes a data measure, and the executing step includes a lowest data measure followed by a next lowest data measure.

11. The wireless communication method of claim 1, wherein the resource cost further includes a power measure, a latency measure and a data measure, and each measure is given a weight.

12. The wireless communication method of claim 11, further comprising sensing that a wireless communication device is docked or being charged, and providing a low weight to the power drain resource cost when in a docked or charging condition.

13. The wireless communication method of claim 11, further comprising enabling step includes enabling a signal that all the preconditions of the power saving rule have been met

14. The wireless communication method of claim 11, wherein the enabling step includes providing a signal that all the preconditions of the power saving rule have been met and that an action is enabled.

15. A wireless communication device with augmented rules engine, comprising:

a housing;

a controller coupled to the housing, the controller configured to control the operations of a wireless communication device; and

a power management module configured to;

provide a power saving rule including a set of preconditions to be met, each precondition having a test procedure and an associated resource cost, the resource cost comprises power drain;

execute each precondition test procedure in a predetermined serial order starting with a lowest resource cost to a highest resource cost;

discontinue a test procedure and disable the power saving rule in the event a precondition is not met;

continue execution of a next precondition test procedure according to the predetermined order; and

enable a power saving pass signal if all the preconditions are met.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the power management module is configured to check whether or not to trigger the power saving rule.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 15, further comprising a sensor configured to sense a condition relating to a wireless communication device configured with the power saving rule.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the power management module is configured with a heuristic algorithm.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the resource cost further includes a latency measure and a data measure, and wherein each of the measures including the power measure, the latency measure and the data measure are weighted.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the power management module is configured to interact with a user interface.