Calendar-based power reserve

• US 8,615,225 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2012
• Issued: 12/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Musial, John G., Sivakumar, Gandhi, Patil, Sandeep R., Shiraguppi, Riyazahamad M., Sodhiya, Prashant
• Primary Examiner(s): Batista, Marcos
• Assistant Examiner(s): DONADO, FRANK E
• Application Number:
  US13/558,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20130225147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3062 where the monitored property is the power consumption power management in a computing system G06F1/3203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/324 Display of status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/12 Counting circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/14 Delay circuits; Timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• 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: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Implementing calendar-based power reserve includes identifying a new calendar entry scheduled into a calendar application of a mobile communications device. The new calendar entry specifies a telephone call. Upon determining a priority indicator has been set for the new calendar entry in the calendar application, the calendar-based power reserve also includes directing a power management component of the mobile communications device to reserve an amount of power for the telephone call, and updating a battery power indicator on the mobile communications device to reflect a capacity of a battery of the mobile communications device. The capacity reflects a current amount of available power for the battery minus the amount of power to reserve.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, via a computer processor, a new calendar entry scheduled into a calendar application of a mobile communications device, the new calendar entry specifying a telephone call; and

upon determining a priority indicator has been set for the new calendar entry in the calendar application;

directing, via the computer processor, a power management component of the mobile communications device to reserve an amount of power for the telephone call; and

updating a battery power indicator that is displayed on the mobile communications device to reflect a capacity of a battery of the mobile communications device, the capacity reflecting a current amount of available power for the battery minus the amount of power to reserve;

wherein the method further comprises monitoring calendar entries scheduled into the calendar application, the calendar entries indicative of telephone calls at least one of which has a corresponding priority indicator set;

upon determining a current time is within a threshold period of time associated with one of the calendar entries having the priority indicator set, releasing reserved power for the one of the calendar entries, and updating the battery power indicator to reflect the reserved power released for the one of the calendar entries.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising prompting a user of the mobile communications device to select the priority indicator responsive to the identifying the new calendar entry.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying a new calendar entry includes identifying a date and duration of the telephone call from inputs received from a user of the mobile communications device via the calendar application, the method further comprising:

calculating the amount of power to reserve, the calculating being a function of the duration of the telephone call.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the directing a power management component of the mobile communications device to reserve an amount of power for the telephone call includes directing the power management component to physically partition storage in the battery and relocate the reserved amount of power to a partition defined for holding reserved power.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the directing a power management component of the mobile communications device to reserve an amount of power for the telephone call includes directing the power management component to update the battery power indicator on the mobile communications device to reflect a decrease in the capacity without relocating the reserved power to a different storage location.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, via the calendar application, a reserve indicator adjacent to a scheduled calendar entry in which the priority indicator has been set.

7. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodied with instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

identifying a new calendar entry scheduled into a calendar application of a mobile communications device, the new calendar entry specifying a telephone call; and

upon determining a priority indicator has been set for the new calendar entry in the calendar application;

directing a power management component of the mobile communications device to reserve an amount of power for the telephone call; and

updating a battery power indicator that is displayed on the mobile communications device to reflect a capacity of a battery of the mobile communications device, the capacity reflecting a current amount of available power for the battery minus the amount of power to reserve;

wherein the method further comprises monitoring calendar entries scheduled into the calendar application, the calendar entries indicative of telephone calls at least one of which has a corresponding priority indicator set;

upon determining a current time is within a threshold period of time associated with one of the calendar entries having the priority indicator set, releasing reserved power for the one of the calendar entries, and updating the battery power indicator to reflect the reserved power released for the one of the calendar entries.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises prompting a user of the mobile communications device to select the priority indicator responsive to the identifying the new calendar entry.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the identifying a new calendar entry includes identifying a date and duration of the telephone call from inputs received from a user of the mobile communications device via the calendar application, the method further comprising:

calculating the amount of power to reserve, the calculating being a function of the duration of the telephone call.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the directing a power management component of the mobile communications device to reserve an amount of power for the telephone call includes directing the power management component to physically partition storage in the battery and relocate the reserved amount of power to a partition defined for holding reserved power.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the directing a power management component of the mobile communications device to reserve an amount of power for the telephone call includes directing the power management component to update the battery power indicator on the mobile communications device to reflect a decrease in the capacity without relocating the reserved power to a different storage location.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying, via the calendar application, a reserve indicator adjacent to a scheduled calendar entry in which the priority indicator has been set.