System and methods for metering and analyzing energy consumption of events within a portable device

• US 8,032,317 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2008
• Issued: 10/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company LLC (MOOD Media Corporation)
• Original Assignee: The Nielsen Company LLC (MOOD Media Corporation)
• Inventors: Hopkins, Brian, Ramaswamy, Arun, Houston, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; John H
• Application Number:
  US12/121,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20090287433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,237 Days
• Field of Search: 702/60, 702/61, 702/62, 702/182, 324/142, 700/295, 705/30, 705/412, 713/300, 713/323, 714/32
• US Class Current: 702/62
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 21/133 by using digital technique
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 22/10 using digital techniques
• 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

System and methods to determine the energy consumption per event type from usage data of portable devices are described. A disclosed example method includes receiving data associated with events on a portable device, analyzing the received data to determine an energy consumption per an event type of the portable device, and reporting the energy consumption per the event type for the portable device.

Claims

1. A method to determine the energy consumption per event type from usage data of portable devices, the method comprising:

receiving data associated with events occurring during a time period on a portable device, the data including a time at which each event type occurred on the portable device and a total power consumed during the time period;

analyzing via a processor the received data to determine an energy consumption per an event type of the portable device based on the times at which each of the event types occurred and the total power consumed; and

reporting the energy consumption per the event type for the portable device.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the received data includes a plurality of different events.

3. The method as defined in claim 2, wherein each event comprises a plurality of data attributes including at least one of an application name, an application type, a time at which an application was launched, an application description, a time at which an application was terminated, an application duration, or energy consumed during an application.

4. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the received data includes a plurality of different event types.

5. The method as defined in claim 4, wherein an event type includes at least one of a phone application, a text messaging application, an instant messaging application, an e-mail application, a web browsing application, a media player application, a camera application, a document processing application, a streaming data from a server application, a live media application, a game application, a video recording application, a media editing application, a battery measurement application, an operating system function, a vibration actuator function, a speaker function, a key input function, a receiver function, a transmitter function, a touch screen function, or a bright display function.

6. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising analyzing the received data to determine an energy consumed by a component of the portable device.

7. The method as defined in claim 6, wherein a component includes at least one of a processor operating system, a clock cycle, a vibration actuator, a ringer, a speaker, a key input, an electrical battery meter, a receiver, a transmitter, a touch screen, or a bright display.

8. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing the received data to determine the energy consumption of events of

a plurality of portable devices; and

reporting the energy consumption per the event type for the portable devices.

9. A method to determine energy consumption of portable devices, the method comprising:

receiving data associated with events on a portable device, the received data including a plurality of different event types;

analyzing via a processor the received data to determine an energy consumption per an event type of the portable device;

associating an energy consumption variable for each event type corresponding to the portable device;

summing a total usage time for a time period for each event type;

relating the energy consumption variable for each event type with the corresponding total usage time for the event type;

summing the energy consumption variables and the total usage times for each event type to a total energy consumed during the time period to create a linear equation;

combining the linear equation with other linear equations corresponding to other portable devices to form a matrix;

determining the energy consumption per event type based on the matrix;

associating the energy consumption per event type with the portable device; and

reporting the energy consumption per the event type for the portable device.

10. The method as defined in claim 9, further comprising determining an energy consumption per event type per unit of time.

11. A system to determine the energy consumption per event type from usage data of portable devices, the system comprising:

a data analyzer to;

analyze data received from a portable device, the data associated with events occurring during a time period on the portable device and including a time at which each event type was active on the portable device and including a total power consumed during the time period; and

determine an energy consumption per an event type of the portable device based on the times at which each of the event types were active and the total power consumed.

12. The system as defined in claim 11, further comprising:

a collection system to receive the data associated with the events on the portable device; and

a database to report the energy consumption per the event type for the portable device.

13. The system as defined in claim 12, wherein the received data includes a plurality of different events.

14. The system as defined in claim 13, wherein each event comprises a plurality of data attributes including at least one of an application name, an application type, a time at which an application was launched, an application description, a time at which an application was terminated, an application duration, or energy consumed during an application.

15. The system as defined in claim 12, wherein the received data includes a plurality of different event types.

16. The system as defined in claim 15, wherein an event type includes at least one of a phone application, a text messaging application, an instant messaging application, an e-mail application, a web browsing application, a media player application, a camera application, a document processing application, a streaming data from a server application, a live media application, a game application, a video recording application, a media editing application, a battery measurement application, an operating system function, a vibration actuator function, a speaker function, a key input function, a receiver function, a transmitter function, a touch screen function, or a bright display function.

17. The system as defined in claim 11, wherein the data analyzer is to analyze the received data to determine an energy consumed by a component of the portable device.

18. The system as defined in claim 17, wherein a component includes at least one of a processor operating system, a clock cycle, a vibration actuator, a ringer, a speaker, a key input, an electrical battery meter, a receiver, a transmitter, a touch screen, or a bright display.

19. The system as defined in claim 11, wherein the data analyzer is to analyze the received data to determine the energy consumption of events of a plurality of portable devices.

20. The system as defined in claim 19, wherein the database is to report the energy consumption per the event type for the portable devices.

21. A system to determine the energy consumption of portable devices, the system comprising:

a collection system to receive data associated with events on a portable device, the received data including a plurality of different event types;

a data analyzer to analyze the data received from the portable device to determine an energy consumption per an event type of the portable device, the data analyzer to analyze the received data by;

associating an energy consumption variable for each event type corresponding to the portable device;

summing a total usage time for a time period for each event type;

relating the energy consumption variable for each event type with the corresponding total usage time for the event type;

summing the energy consumption variables and the total usage times for each event type to a total energy consumed during the time period to create a linear equation;

combining the linear equation with other linear equations corresponding to other portable devices to form a matrix;

determining the energy consumption per event type based on the matrix; and

associating the energy consumption per event type with the portable device;

and

a database to report the energy consumption per the event type for the portable device.

22. The system as defined in claim 21, wherein the data analyzer it to determine an energy consumption per event type per unit of time.

23. A tangible machine-accessible medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

receive data associated with events occurring during a time period on a portable device, the data including a time at which each event type was occurred on the portable device and a total power consumed during the time period;

analyze the received data to determine an energy consumption per an event type of the portable device based on the times at which each of the event types occurred and the total power consumed; and

report the energy consumption per the event type for the portable device.

24. The machine-accessible medium as defined in claim 23, wherein the received data includes a plurality of different event types.

25. The machine-accessible medium as defined in claim 23, wherein the machine-accessible instructions, when executed, cause the machine to analyze the received data to determine an energy consumed by a component of the portable device.

26. The machine-accessible medium as defined in claim 23, wherein the machine-accessible instructions, when executed, cause the machine to:

analyze the received data to determine the energy consumption of events of a plurality of portable devices; and

report the energy consumption per the event type for the portable devices.

27. A tangible machine-accessible medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the machine to at least:

receive data associated with events on a portable device, the received data including a plurality of different event types;

analyze the received data to determine an energy consumption per an event type of the portable device;

associate an energy consumption variable for each event type corresponding to the portable device;

sum a total usage time for a time period for each event type;

relate the energy consumption variable for each event type with the corresponding total usage time for the event type;

sum the energy consumption variables and the total usage times for each event type to a total energy consumed during the time period to create a linear equation;

combine the linear equation with other linear equations corresponding to other portable devices to form a matrix;

determine the energy consumption per event type based on the matrix;

associate the energy consumption per event type with the portable device; and

report the energy consumption per the event type for the portable device.

28. The machine-accessible medium as defined in claim 27, wherein the machine-accessible instructions, when executed, cause the machine to determine an energy consumption per event type per unit of time.