Battery usage tracking user interface

• US 9,606,706 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2014
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Vyas, Amit K., Coffman, Patrick L., Liu, Albert S., Pathak, Abhinav, Ramadurai, Anand
• Primary Examiner(s): Choudhury, Zahid
• Application Number:
  US14/503,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20150346933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 910 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3646 for indicating electrical conditions or variables, e.g. visual or audible indicators
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• 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 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

A portable electronic device having a user interface for displaying battery usage of the device over a given time period, with the battery usage from various subsystems. The various subsystems including at least one hardware subsystem and the battery usage attributed to a plurality of software applications based on activity of the plurality of software applications, while battery usage of the various subsystems was monitored.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, cause the device to:

attribute a portion of battery usage of a first hardware subsystem during a first time period to a first application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the first application during the first time period;

attribute a portion of the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem during the first time period to a second application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application during the first time period;

receive a request to display a battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period;

in response to the request to display a battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period, display the battery usage user interface that includes a representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the first time period and a representation of the battery usage attributed to the second application during the first time period;

attribute a portion of battery usage of the first hardware subsystem during a second time period to the first application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the first application during the second time period;

attribute a portion of the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem during the second time period to the second application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application during the second time period;

receive a request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period, the second time period at least partially overlapping with the first time period; and

in response to the request to display the battery usage interface corresponding to the second time period, display the battery usage user interface including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the second time period and a representation of the battery usage attributed the second application during the second time period.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the battery usage user interface does not include a direct representation of the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the battery usage user interface includes a representation of the battery usage of a second hardware subsystem that is not attributed to the first application or the second application.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions to cause the device to:

attribute a portion of battery usage of a second hardware subsystem to the first application based on the battery usage of the second hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the first application;

attribute a portion of the battery usage of the second hardware subsystem to the second application based on the battery usage of the second hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions to cause the device to:

attribute a portion of battery usage of a first software subsystem to the first application based on the battery usage of the first software subsystem that occurred during activity by the first application;

attribute a portion of the battery usage of the first software subsystem to the second application based on the battery usage of the first software subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the first software subsystem include a notification daemon.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the first software subsystem includes an operating system process.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein a portion of the battery usage of a second software subsystem during activity by the first application is not attributed to the first application and a portion of the battery usage of the second software subsystem during activity by the second application is not attributed to the second application, and the battery usage user interface includes an item representing the second software subsystem including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the second software subsystem and not attributed to the first application or the second application.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the second software subsystem comprises a home screen or lock screen.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the second software subsystem comprises notifications.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the second software subsystem comprises a voice assistant.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first hardware subsystem includes a central processing unit (CPU) or graphics processing unit (GPU).

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first hardware subsystem includes a wireless antenna.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first hardware subsystem includes a display backlight.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions to cause the device to:

attribute, to the first application, battery usage caused by a background activity benefiting the first application that occurred while the first application was not active.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period comprises activation of a portion of a segmented user interface element corresponding to the first time period.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period comprises activation of a portion of a segmented user interface element corresponding to the second time period.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first time period is based on a period of operation of the device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium claim 1, wherein the first time period corresponds to a tune period the device is powered.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first time period corresponds to a calendar period.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the battery usage user interface includes representations of battery usage attributed to items having battery usage in excess of a threshold percentage of total battery usage, and the representations of battery usage attributed to the items represents substantially the total battery usage.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the battery usage user interface includes a representation of battery usage attributed to a second hardware subsystem.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein a portion of the battery usage of the second hardware subsystem during activity by the first application is not attributed to the first application and a portion of the battery usage of the second hardware subsystem during activity by the second application is not attributed to the second application, and the battery usage user interface includes an item representing an operational state of the second hardware subsystem including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the second hardware subsystem and not attributed to the first application or the second application.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the operational state of the first hardware system comprises no cellular coverage.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions to cause the device to:

receive a request to display a battery life histogram; and

in response to the request, display the battery life histogram including a representation of a change in a battery level of the device over a range of time.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions to cause the device to:

while displaying the battery usage user interface including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the second time period and a representation of the battery usage attributed the second application during the second time period, receive a subsequent request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period; and

in response to the subsequent request to display a battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period, display the battery usage user interface that includes the representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the first time period and the representation of the battery usage attributed to the second application during the first time period.

27. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory;

attributing a portion of battery usage of a first hardware subsystem during a first time period to a first application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the first application during the first time period;

attributing a portion of the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem during the first time period to a second application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application during the first time period;

receiving a request to display a battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period;

in response to the request to display a battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period, displaying the battery usage user interface that includes a representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the first time period and a representation of the battery usage attributed the second application during the first time period

attributing a portion of battery usage of the first hardware subsystem during a second time period to the first application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the first application during the second time period;

attributing a portion of the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem during the second time period to the second application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application during the second time period;

receiving a request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period, the second time period at least partially overlapping with the first time period; and

in response to the request to display the battery usage interface corresponding to the second time period, displaying the battery usage user interface including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the second time period and a representation of the battery usage attributed the second application during the second time period.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the battery usage user interface does not include a direct representation of the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the battery usage user interface includes a representation of the battery usage of a second hardware subsystem that is not attributed to the first application or the second application.

30. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

attributing a portion of battery usage of a first software subsystem to the first application based on the battery usage of the first software subsystem that occurred duting activity by the first application;

attributing a portion of the battery usage of the first software subsystem to the second application based on the battery usage of the first software subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein a portion of the battery usage of a second software subsystem during activity by the first application is not attributed to the first application and a portion of the battery usage of the second software subsystem during activity by the second application is not attributed to the second application, and the battery usage user interface includes an item representing the second software subsystem including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the second software subsystem and not attributed to the first application or the second application.

32. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

attributing, to the first application, battery usage caused by a background activity benefiting the first application that occurred while the first application was not active.

33. The method of claim 27, wherein the request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period comprises activation of a portion of a segmented user interface element corresponding to the first time period.

34. The method of claim 27, wherein the request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period comprises activation of a portion of a segmented user interface element corresponding to the second time period.

35. The method of claim 27, wherein the battery usage user interface includes representations of battery usage attributed to items having battery usage in excess of a threshold percentage of total battery usage, and the representations of battery usage attributed to the items represents substantially the total battery usage.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein a portion of the battery usage of the second hardware subsystem during activity by the first application is not attributed to the first application and a portion of the battery usage of the second hardware subsystem during activity by the second application is not attributed to the second application, and the battery usage user interface includes an item representing an operational state of the second hardware subsystem including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the second hardware subsystem and not attributed to the first application or the second application.

37. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

while displaying the battery usage user interface including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the second time period and a representation of the battery usage attributed the second application during the second time period, receiving a subsequent request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period; and

in response to the subsequent request to display a battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period, displaying the battery usage user interface that includes the representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the first time period and the representation of the battery usage attributed to the second application during the first time period.

38. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the display and the memory, the processor configured to;

attribute a portion of battery usage of a first hardware subsystem during a first time period to a first application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the first application during the first time period;

attribute a portion of the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem during the first time period to a second application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application during the first time period;

receive a request to display a battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period;

in response to the request to display a battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period, display the battery usage user interface that includes a representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the first time period and a representation of the battery usage attributed to the second application during the first time period;

attribute a portion of battery usage of the first hardware subsystem during a second time period to the first application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the first application during the second time period;

attribute a portion of the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem during the second time period to the second application based on the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application during the second time period;

receive a request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period, the second time period at least partially overlapping with the first time period; and

in response to the request to display the battery usage interface corresponding to the second time period, display the battery usage user interface including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the second time period and a representation of the battery usage attributed the second application during the second time period.

39. The device of claim 38, wherein the battery usage user interface does not include a direct representation of the battery usage of the first hardware subsystem.

40. The device of claim 38, wherein the battery usage user interface includes a representation of the battery usage of a second hardware subsystem that is not attributed to the first application or the second application.

41. The device of claim 38, wherein the processor is further configured to:

attribute a portion of battery usage of a first software subsystem to the first application based on the battery usage of the first software subsystem that occurred during activity by the first application;

attribute a portion of the battery usage of the first software subsystem to the second application based on the battery usage of the first software subsystem that occurred during activity by the second application.

42. The device of claim 41, wherein a portion of the battery usage of a second software subsystem during activity by the first application is not attributed to the first application and a portion of the battery usage of the second software subsystem during activity by the second application is not attributed to the second application, and the battery usage user interface includes an item representing the second software subsystem including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the second software subsystem and not attributed to the first application or the second application.

43. The device of claim 38, wherein the processor is further configured to:

attribute, to the first application, battery usage caused by a background activity benefiting the first application that occurred while the first application was not active.

44. The device of claim 38, wherein the request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period comprises activation of a portion of a segmented user interface element corresponding to the first time period.

45. The device of claim 38, wherein the request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding to the second time period comprises activation of a portion of a segmented user interface element corresponding to the second time period.

46. The device of claim 38, wherein the battery usage user interface includes representations of battery usage attributed to items having battery usage in excess of a threshold percentage of total battery usage, and the representations of battery usage attributed to the items represents substantially the total battery usage.

47. The device of claim 46, wherein a portion of the battery usage of the second hardware subsystem during activity by the first application is not attributed to the first application and a portion of the battery usage of the second hardware subsystem during activity by the second application is not attributed to the second application, and the battery usage user interface includes an item representing an operational state of the second hardware subsystem including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the second hardware subsystem and not attributed to the first application or the second application.

48. The device of claim 38, wherein the processor is further configured to:

while displaying the battery usage user interface including a representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the second time period and a representation of the battery usage attributed the second application during the second time period, receiving a subsequent request to display the battery usage user interface corresponding o the first time period; and

in response to the subsequent request to display a battery usage user interface corresponding to the first time period, display the battery usage user interface that includes the representation of the battery usage attributed to the first application during the first time period and the representation of the battery usage attributed to the second application during the first time period.