Mobile computing device reconfiguration in response to environmental factors including consumption of battery power at different rates

• US 9,563,438 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Krishnamurthy, Rajaram B., Rogers, Daniel A.
• Primary Examiner(s): PEYTON, TAMMARA R
• Application Number:
  US14/571,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20160170774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• Field of Search: 710 64- 72
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/263 Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC G06F1/30 takes precedence
• 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: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/329 by task scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4403 Processor initialisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4405 Initialisation of multiprocessor systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A method for dynamically modifying a mobile device. The method includes a computer processor identifying a plurality of profiles on a mobile device. The method further includes a computer processor receiving one or more inputs on the mobile device. The method further includes a computer processor identifying at least one trigger that corresponds to the received one or more inputs, wherein the at least one trigger is associated with at least one profile of the plurality of profiles. The method further includes a computer processor determining if the at least one trigger activates a response, based at least in part, on data included in the at least one profile that is associated with the at least one trigger. The method further includes a computer processor responding to the determination that the at least one trigger activates a response and applying the response to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer program product for dynamically modifying a mobile device, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to identify a plurality of profiles on a mobile device;

program instructions to receive one or more inputs on the mobile device;

program instructions to identify at least one trigger that corresponds to the received one or more inputs, wherein the at least one trigger is associated with at least one profile of the plurality of profiles;

program instructions to determine if the at least one trigger activates a response, based at least in part, on data included in the at least one profile that is associated with the at least one trigger;

wherein the identified at least one trigger includes a first trigger, the first trigger is associated with a battery power level of the mobile device indicating a first threshold;

program instructions to respond to determining that the first trigger, associated with the battery power level of the mobile device, attains the first threshold by activating a first response in an energy management profile within the plurality of profiles;

program instructions to determine that the first trigger associated with the battery power level of the mobile device attains a second threshold;

program instructions to respond to determining that the first trigger, associated with the battery power level of the mobile device, attains the second threshold, by activating a second response in the energy manage profile, wherein the second response includes program instructions to replace a first hardware and software configuration of the mobile device with a second hardware and software configuration associated with the mobile device, and wherein the second hardware and software configuration consumes battery power at a different rate than the first hardware and software configuration on the mobile device; and

responsive to determining that the at least one trigger activates a response, program instructions to apply the response to the mobile device.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first response of an energy management profile includes at least one of deactivating one or more features of the mobile device and modifying one or more features of the mobile device.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first response of an energy management profile includes at least one of deactivating one or more software application on the mobile device and modifying one or more software applications on the mobile device.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising:

program instructions to receive a second input, wherein the second input is associated with a mobile device profile;

program instructions to identify a third hardware and software configuration within a plurality of hardware and software configurations accessible by the mobile device, which is associated with the received second input and a second user;

program instructions to download the third hardware and software configuration from the plurality of hardware and software configurations, wherein the plurality of hardware and software configurations includes hardware and software configurations of the user, the second user, and other mobile device users; and

program instructions to apply the downloaded third hardware and software configuration to the mobile device.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising:

program instructions to identify a group of profiles within the plurality of profiles on the mobile device, wherein the members of the group of profiles contain the identified at least one trigger and one or more additional triggers;

program instructions to determine a second profile, wherein the second profile is the member of the group of profiles which contains the at least one trigger, and the one or more additional triggers;

program instructions to identify a second response associated with the second profile, wherein the second response is based, at least in part, on the at least one trigger and the one or more additional triggers; and

program instructions to activate the second response on the mobile device.

6. A computer system for dynamically modifying a mobile device, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to identify a plurality of profiles on a mobile device;

program instructions to receive one or more inputs on the mobile device;

program instructions to identify at least one trigger that corresponds to the received one or more inputs, wherein the at least one trigger is associated with at least one profile of the plurality of profiles;

program instructions to determine if the at least one trigger activates a response,

based at least in part, on data included in the at least one profile that is associated with the at least one trigger;

wherein the identified at least one trigger includes a first trigger, the first trigger is associated with a battery power level of the mobile device indicating a first threshold;

program instructions to respond to determining that the first trigger, associated with the battery power level of the mobile device, attains the first threshold by activating a first response in an energy management profile within the plurality of profiles;

program instructions to determine that the first trigger associated with the battery power level of the mobile device attains a second threshold;

program instructions to respond to determining that the first trigger, associated with the battery power level of the mobile device, attains the second threshold, by activating a second response in the energy manage profile, wherein the second response includes program instructions to replace a first hardware and software configuration of the mobile device with a second hardware and software configuration associated with the mobile device, and wherein the second hardware and software configuration consumes battery power at a different rate than the first hardware and software configuration on the mobile device; and

responsive to determining that the at least one trigger activates a response, program instructions to apply the response to the mobile device.

7. The computer system of claim 6, further comprising:

program instructions to receive a second input, wherein the second input is associated with a mobile device profile;

program instructions to identify a third hardware and software configuration within a plurality of hardware and software configurations accessible by the mobile device, which is associated with the received second input and a second user;

program instructions to download the third hardware and software configuration from the plurality of hardware and software configurations, wherein the plurality of hardware and software configurations includes hardware and software configurations of the user, the second user, and other mobile device users; and

program instructions to apply the downloaded third hardware and software configuration to the mobile device.

8. The computer system of claim 6, further comprising:

program instructions to identify a group of profiles within the plurality of profiles on the mobile device, wherein the members of the group of profiles contain the identified at least one trigger and one or more additional triggers;

program instructions to determine a second profile, wherein the second profile is the member of the group of profiles which contains the at least one trigger, and the one or more additional triggers;

program instructions to identify a second response associated with the second profile, wherein the second response is based, at least in part, on the at least one trigger and the one or more additional triggers; and

program instructions to activate the second response on the mobile device.

9. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the first response of an energy management profile includes at least one of deactivating one or more features of the mobile device and modifying one or more features of the mobile device.

10. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the first response of an energy management profile includes at least one of deactivating one or more software application on the mobile device and modifying one or more software applications on the mobile device.