Activity pattern based battery charging alerts for mobile devices

• US 8,054,192 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2008
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Seacat, Lisa A., Jania, Frank L., Grigsby, Travis M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood; Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): GIRMA, FEKADESELASS
• Application Number:
  US12/203,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20100052930A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,161 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/663
• 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 method for providing activity pattern based battery charging alerts for mobile devices, the method includes: monitoring usage patterns of a mobile device; determining periods of activity and inactivity for the mobile device'"'"'s usage; creating an activity log detailing the determined periods of activity and inactivity; monitoring levels of available battery charge for the mobile device; correlating the levels of available battery charge with the activity log; and generating a charging advisory alert in response to at least one of: an available battery charge dropping below a threshold value prior to a period of device inactivity, or toward the end of a period of activity.

Claims

1. A method for providing activity pattern based battery charging alerts for mobile devices, wherein the method comprises:

monitoring usage patterns of a mobile device at a phone service provider;

determining periods of activity and inactivity for the mobile device'"'"'s usage at a system level monitor from call logs received from the phone service provider, the system level monitor being separate from the mobile device;

creating at the system level monitor an activity log detailing the determined periods of activity and inactivity;

monitoring levels of available battery charge for the mobile device at the mobile device;

providing the levels of available battery charge to the system level monitor;

correlating the levels of available battery charge with the activity log; and

generating at the system level monitor a charging advisory alert in response to at least one of;

an available battery charge dropping below a threshold value prior to a period of device inactivity, or toward the end of a period of activity; and

providing the charging advisory alert to a device other than the mobile device;

wherein the charging advisory alert is provided by the instant message (IM), short messaging service (SMS) or electronic mail (email) to the device other than the mobile device;

wherein the device other than the mobile device is a set top box configured to provide the charging advisory alert to a user while the user is watching video content.