Power management enhancement

• US 9,239,606 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2012
• Issued: 01/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Langoulant, Brendan J., Titi, Justin, Albert, Eric J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Abbaszadeh, Jaweed A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hicks, Austin
• Application Number:
  US13/659,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20130332755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,182 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3212 Monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being initiated when battery voltage goes below a certain level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

In one embodiment described herein, a device having an account permitting access to network-based storage, receives a push notification indicating that one or more assets has been shared by another person. In response to the push notification, the device begins downloading the new asset to the device, while starting two timers. When the first timer finishes, the user is notified about the new asset that is available. When the second timer finishes, the download, if still in progress, is interrupted to save power.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions to cause a processor to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

receiving a push notification indicating the availability of an asset on a network-based storage service;

starting, in response to the push notification, a first timer and a second timer, wherein the first timer has a shorter period relative to the second timer;

beginning, in response to the push notification, a download of the asset from the network-based storage service, wherein no user notification of the availability of the asset is given until the first timer expires or the download of the asset is completed;

interrupting, responsive to the expiration of the second timer, the download of the asset from the network-based storage service, wherein interrupting the download reduces device battery consumption; and

resuming, in response to an event, the download of the asset from the network-based storage service, wherein the download of the asset is resumed after a previous interruption of the download.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising notifying a user, responsive to the expiration of the first timer, of the availability of the asset from the network-based storage service.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising notifying a user, responsive to the completion of the download, of the availability of the asset from the network-based storage service, wherein the completion of the download occurs before the expiration of the first timer.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein resuming the download of the asset from the network-based storage service further comprises resuming the download at substantially the same download percentage as before the interruption of the download.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein metadata describing the asset is downloaded and available to the user before the remainder of the asset is downloaded.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein downloads from the network-based storage service are batched if a plurality of downloads are available, and wherein the period of the first timer is adjustable by a parameter set by the network-based storage service.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the period of the second timer is adjustable by a value derived from the rate of power consumption of the mobile device.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the period of the second timer is adjustable by a value derived from the power usage of a network interface of the mobile device.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the period of the second timer is adjustable by a value derived from the available charge in the battery of the mobile device.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the period of the first timer and the second timer is adjustable by a value derived from the time of day and geographic location.

11. A method at a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a push notification indicating the availability of an asset on a network-based storage service;

starting, in response to the push notification, a first timer and a second timer, wherein the first timer has a shorter period relative to the second timer;

beginning, in response to the push notification, a download of the asset from the network-based storage service, wherein no user notification of the availability of the asset is given until the first timer expires or the download of the asset is completed;

interrupting, responsive to the expiration of the second timer, the download of the asset from the network-based storage service, wherein interrupting the download reduces device battery consumption; and

resuming, in response to an event, the download of the asset from the network- based storage service, wherein the download of the asset is resumed after a previous interruption of the download.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising notifying a user, responsive to the expiration of the first timer, of the availability of the asset from the network-based storage service.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising notifying a user, responsive to the completion of the download, of the availability of the asset from the network-based storage service, wherein the completion of the download occurs before the expiration of the first timer.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein resuming the download of the asset from the network-based storage service further comprises resuming the download at substantially the same download percentage as before the interruption of the download.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein metadata describing the asset is downloaded and available to the user before the remainder of the asset is downloaded.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein downloads from the network-based storage service are batched if a plurality of downloads are available.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions to cause a processor to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

receiving a notification indicating access to upload an asset to a network-based storage service;

starting, in response to the access notification, a first timer and a second timer, wherein the first timer has a shorter period relative to the second timer;

beginning, in response to the access notification, an upload of the asset to the network-based storage service;

interrupting, responsive to the expiration of the second timer, the upload of the asset to the network-based storage service, wherein interrupting the upload reduces device battery consumption; and

resuming, in response to an event, the upload of the asset to the network-based storage service, wherein the upload of the asset is resumed after a previous interruption of the upload.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein uploads to the network-based storage service are batched if a plurality of uploads are available.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein metadata describing the asset is uploaded to the network-based storage service before the remainder of the asset is uploaded.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the period of the second timer is adjustable by a value derived from the rate of power consumption of the mobile device.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the period of the second timer is adjustable by a value derived from the power usage of a network interface of the mobile device.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the period of the second timer is adjustable by a value derived from the available charge in the battery of the mobile device.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the period of the first timer and the second timer is adjustable by a value derived from the time of day and geographic location.

24. A method at a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a notification indicating access to upload an asset to a network-based storage service;

starting, in response to the access notification, a first timer and a second timer, wherein the first timer has a shorter period relative to the second timer;

beginning, in response to the access notification, an upload of the asset to the network-based storage service;

interrupting, responsive to the expiration of the second timer, the upload of the asset to the network-based storage service, wherein interrupting the upload reduces device battery consumption; and

resuming, in response to an event, the upload of the asset to the network-based storage service, wherein the upload of the asset is resumed after a previous interruption of the upload.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein metadata describing the asset is uploaded to the network-based storage service before the remainder of the asset is uploaded.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein uploads to the network-based storage service are batched if a plurality of uploads are available.

27. A data processing system comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, to store executable instructions; and

one or more processors, to execute instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium, the instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform operations to,

start, in response to the receipt of a notification indicating access to a network-based storage service, a first timer and a second timer, the first timer having a shorter duration relative to the second timer,

begin, in response to the access notification, a transfer of an asset between the network-based storage service and the data processing system,

suspend, responsive to the expiration of the second timer, the transfer of the asset between the network-based storage service and the data processing system, wherein the data processing system power consumption is reduced while the transfer is suspended, and

resume, in response to an event, the transfer of the asset between the network-based storage service and the data-processing system, the transfer resumed after a previous suspension of the upload.