Method for selective power management for a hand held host
First Claim
1. A method for selectively providing power to at least one of a plurality of transceiver and application elements of a hand held transceiver device, comprising:
- providing at least three power modes of operation for a hand held transceiver device that enables a user to program the hand held transceiver device to selectively map the transceiver and application elements to at least one of the plurality of power modes of operation;
providing a display menu to a user on a display element to enable the user to select what transceiver elements receive power;
determining to operate in a specified power mode of operation of the plurality of power modes of operation in a hand held transceiver device;
generating power control signals to a plurality of power delivery elements according to the specified power mode of operation; and
delivering power to corresponding transceiver and application elements of the hand held transceiver device to operate in the specified power mode of operation.
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Abstract
A hand held radio host includes circuitry for selectively providing power to radiating transceiver elements and non-radiating application elements according to a plurality of power modes of operation to achieve desired effects and in a way that saves power and extends battery life. In one embodiment of the invention, the hand held host operates in one of three modes. In a full power mode, any selected application element as well as all transceiver elements are powered on at the same time. Thus, for example, a cell phone module, a wireless personal access network module, a wireless local area network module and one of a pager/short message service message module may all be powered on at the same time to receive corresponding messages, calls, data sessions, etc. At the same time that all of the transceiver elements are powered on, any selected application element receives power. Thus, application elements such as address books, calendar functions, games, word processors, and similar other application elements may receive power when selected.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for selectively providing power to at least one of a plurality of transceiver and application elements of a hand held transceiver device, comprising:
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providing at least three power modes of operation for a hand held transceiver device that enables a user to program the hand held transceiver device to selectively map the transceiver and application elements to at least one of the plurality of power modes of operation; providing a display menu to a user on a display element to enable the user to select what transceiver elements receive power; determining to operate in a specified power mode of operation of the plurality of power modes of operation in a hand held transceiver device; generating power control signals to a plurality of power delivery elements according to the specified power mode of operation; and delivering power to corresponding transceiver and application elements of the hand held transceiver device to operate in the specified power mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing power to a plurality of transceiver elements of a hand held transceiver device, comprising:
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providing a custom power mode of operation that enables a user to program the hand held transceiver device to selectively map the transceiver elements to one of at least three power modes of operation; providing a display menu to a user on a display element to enable the user to select what transceiver element receive power; determining whether the hand held transceiver device is in a first or a second power mode of operation based upon depression of a dedicated mode switch on the hand held transceiver device; providing power to a transceiver element that can communicate over a wireless network of the hand held transceiver device if the hand held transceiver device is in the first power mode of operation; and providing power to an application element of the hand held transceiver device if the hand held transceiver device is in the second power mode of operation only, wherein the application element does not communicate over a wireless medium. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for providing power to a plurality of transceiver and application elements of a hand held transceiver device, comprising:
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providing a custom power mode of operation that enables a user to program the hand held transceiver device to selectively map the transceiver elements to at least one of three of power modes of operation; providing a display menu to a user on a display element to enable the user to select what transceiver element receive power; determining that at least a portion of the hand held transceiver device is in a silent mode of operation; determining to provide power to a first portion of the plurality of transceiver elements; and determining to not provide power to a second portion of the plurality of transceiver elements. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for power control of a hand held host having transceiver elements and non-radiating user application elements, the method comprising:
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providing a programmable power mode of operation that enables a user to selectively map the transceiver elements to at least one of at least three power modes of operation; providing a display menu to a user on a display element to enable the user to select what transceiver element receive power; based upon user selection, selectively powering one or more user application elements; operating in a silent mode of operation; determining whether to provide power to at least one transceiver element based upon one of a user selected mode of operation or a specified transceiver activation; and determining, if power is to be applied to the at least one transceiver element, whether to apply power continuously or periodically. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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