Preserving cell phone battery life

• US 8,731,479 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2012
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Davis, Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US13/662,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20130203431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 568 Days
• Field of Search: 455/67.11, 455/41.2, 455/566, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/574, 455/452.1, 370/338, 370311-312, 370/901, 370/908
• US Class Current: 455/67.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/00 Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes gain control in transmitters or power amplifiers H03G3/3042
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/02 Power saving arrangements in wired systems H04L12/12; signaling of mobile application services, e.g. low battery notifications H04W4/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0274 by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 370/908 Local area network

Abstract

A method of operating a mobile electronic device includes connecting, by an electronic device, to a network and transmitting, by the electronic device, at least one communication to the network. The method also includes identifying, by a processor of the electronic device, at least one communication parameter of the at least one communication and determining, by the processor of the electronic device, a first disconnect time as which to disconnect from the network based on the at least one communication parameter identified by the processor. The method further includes disconnecting from the network at the first disconnect time.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

connecting a mobile electronic device to a network;

transmitting, by the device, a communication to the network for delivery to a destination;

identifying, by a processor, a communication parameter of the communication, wherein the communication parameter comprises one or more of the following;

the destination, a communication type, a time that the communication was transmitted to the network, or a period of time between a time that the communication is transmitted and a time that a previous communication was transmitted for the same destination;

using by the processor, the communication parameter to determine a first disconnect time that defines a time the mobile electronic device will disconnect from the network; and

automatically disconnecting the device from the network at the first disconnect time.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the processor, a reconnecting time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the reconnecting time comprises determining the reconnecting time based on the communication parameter.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving, by the device, an instruction to transmit a second communication; and

determining, by the processor, a second transmitting time, wherein determining the reconnecting time comprises determining the reconnecting time is based on the second transmitting time.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the electronic device, an instruction received at a user interface of the device, wherein the processor also uses the instruction to determine the first disconnect time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the communication parameter comprises a time at which the communication was transmitted to the network;

the method further comprises receiving an instruction to disconnect the device from the network when an amount of time has elapsed from the time when the communication was transmitted to the network, and

the first disconnect time comprises the time when the communication was transmitted to the network plus the elapsed amount of time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the communication parameter comprises a type of communication;

the type of communication comprises a voice transmission, text message, multi-media message or e-mail; and

determining the first disconnect time comprises determining the first disconnect time based on an elapsed time that is associated with the type of communication.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the communication parameter also comprises an alphanumeric communication parameter, wherein the alphanumeric communication parameters comprises one or more of;

at least one alphanumeric character, a combination of alphanumeric characters, a number of occurrences of the alphanumeric character included in the communication, or the number of occurrences of the combination of alphanumeric characters included in the communication; and

determining the first disconnect time also comprises determining when to disconnect the device from the network based on the alphanumeric communication parameter.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

identifying at least one communication parameter includes identifying a destination of the communication; and

determining when to disconnect the device from the network includes determining when to disconnect from the network based on the destination of the communication.

10. A system, comprising:

a mobile electronic device comprising a transmitter configured to transmit at least one communication to a network;

a user interface configured to receive user instructions from a user of the electronic device;

a processor; and

a memory that has instructions that instruct the processor to;

connect the device to a network;

cause the transmitter to transmit a communication to the network for delivery to a destination;

identify a communication parameter of the communication, wherein the communication parameter comprises one or more of the following;

the destination, a communication type, a time that the communication was transmitted to the network, or a period of time between a time that the communication is transmitted and a time that a previous communication was transmitted for the same destination;

use the communication parameter to determine a first disconnect time that defines a time the mobile electronic device will disconnect from the network; and

automatically disconnect the device from the network at the first disconnect time.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the memory also has additional instructions that instruct the processor to determine a reconnecting time based on the communication parameter.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the memory also has instructions that instruct the processor to:

receive an instruction to transmit a second communication;

determine a second transmitting time for the second communication; and

determine the reconnecting time also based on the second transmitting time.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the memory also has instructions that instruct the processor to reconnect the device to the network at the reconnecting time.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the memory also has instructions that instruct the processor to:

detect an instruction received at the user interface; and

determine the first disconnect time also based on the instruction.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the communication parameter comprises a time at which the communication was transmitted to the network;

the memory also has instructions that instruct the processor to receive an instruction to disconnect the device from the network when an amount of time has elapsed from the time when the communication was transmitted to the network; and

the first disconnect time comprises the time when the communication was transmitted to the network plus the elapsed amount of time.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the communication parameter comprises a type of communication;

the type of communication comprises a voice transmission, text message, multi-media message or e-mail; and

the instructions that instruct the processor to determine the first disconnect time comprises instructions to determine the first disconnect time based on an elapsed time that is associated with the type of communication.

17. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a second electronic device comprising;

a receiver configured to receive the communication from the network;

a user interface configured to receive user instructions from a user of the second electronic device;

a display configured to display messages to the user of the second electronic device;

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the memory has instructions that instruct the processor of the second electronic device to;

identify the communication parameter of the communication;

determine a second transmitting time for a second communication based on the communication parameter and a call back time period;

cause the display to display a message to the user of the other electronic device indicating the second transmitting time;

disconnect the second electronic device from the network; and

reconnect the second electronic device to the network at the second transmitting time.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the instructions that instruct the processor of the second electronic device to determine the second transmitting time comprise instructions for determining the second transmitting time based on when the first communication was transmitted to the network and the call back time period.