Conserving battery and data usage

• US 9,781,223 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2013
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: St. Clair, Luke, Weaver, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Daeho
• Application Number:
  US14/064,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189056A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,439 Days
• Field of Search: 715740, 715741, 715748, 709217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes determining a power consumption profile for a device. Status information for the device may be received, wherein the status information comprises power status and network connectivity status. Using a resource-control algorithm and based on the status information and the power consumption profile, a schedule for sending push events to the device may be determined. Content to be provisioned to the device may be identified, and the scheduled push events may be sent to the device, in order to provision the identified content to the device. The resource-control algorithm may be further based on one or more device-based consumption factors, such as a periodic data usage transfer limit with respect to a specified network and a data usage status with respect to the specified network, or system-wide consumption factors, such as a power threshold that applies across all devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, determining a power consumption profile for a device based at least in part on a type of each of a plurality of radios of the device, wherein the power consumption profile comprises information regarding a typical rate of power consumption by the device, and wherein each type of radio has a particular amount of power consumption when connected to a particular type of network;

by the computing device, receiving status information for the device comprising power status and network connectivity status, wherein the status information is associated with a type of a particular one of the plurality of radios being utilized;

by the computing device, determining, using a resource-control algorithm and based on the status information and the power consumption profile, a schedule for sending push events to the device, wherein determining the schedule comprises adjusting a frequency of sending push events to the device;

by the computing device, identifying content to be provisioned to the device;

by the computing device, generating a down-scaled version of the identified content based on the status information and the power consumption profile;

by the computing device, sending the scheduled push events at the adjusted frequency to the device, wherein the push events provision the down-scaled version of the identified content to the device;

by the computing device, sending to the device an up-scaled version of the identified content based on a determination that a change to the status information or the power consumption profile has occurred; and

by the computing device, sending to the device instructions causing the device to update the down-scaled version of the identified content with the up-scaled version of the identified content and to display the up-scaled version of the identified content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more device-based consumption factors.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the device-based consumption factors comprise a periodic data usage transfer limit with respect to the particular type of network and a data usage status with respect to the particular type of network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein if the data usage status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the data usage transfer limit, no push events are included in the schedule until a period of time associated with the data usage transfer limit is renewed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more system-wide consumption factors.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the system-wide consumption factors comprise a power threshold that applies across all devices.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein if the power status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the power threshold, no push events are included in the schedule until the device is re-charged.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the push events comprise commands to wake the device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the scheduled push events to the device comprises initiating the push events in accordance with the schedule.

10. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

determine a power consumption profile for a device based at least in part on a type of each of a plurality of radios of the device, wherein the power consumption profile comprises information regarding a typical rate of power consumption by the device, and wherein each type of radio has a particular amount of power consumption when connected to a particular type of network;

receive status information for the device comprising power status and network connectivity status, wherein the status information is associated with a type of a particular one of the plurality of radios being utilized;

determine, using a resource-control algorithm and based on the status information and the power consumption profile, a schedule for sending push events to the device, wherein determining the schedule comprises adjusting a frequency of sending push events to the device;

identify content to be provisioned to the device;

generate a down-scaled version of the identified content based on the status information and the power consumption profile;

send the scheduled push events at the adjusted frequency to the device, wherein the push events provision the down-scaled version of the identified content to the device;

send to the device an up-scaled version of the identified content based on a determination that a change to the status information or the power consumption profile has occurred; and

send to the device instructions causing the device to update the down-scaled version of the identified content with the up-scaled version of the identified content and to display the up-scaled version of the identified content.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the determination of the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more device-based consumption factors.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein the device-based consumption factors comprise a periodic data usage transfer limit with respect to the particular type of network and a data usage status with respect to the particular type of network.

13. The media of claim 12, wherein if the data usage status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the data usage transfer limit, no push events are included in the schedule until a period of time associated with the data usage transfer limit is renewed.

14. The media of claim 10, wherein the determination of the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more system-wide consumption factors.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the system-wide consumption factors comprise a power threshold that applies across all devices.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein if the power status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the power threshold, no push events are included in the schedule until the device is re-charged.

20. The media of claim 10, wherein the push events comprise commands to wake the device.

21. The media of claim 10, wherein the sending the scheduled push events to the device comprises initiating the push events in accordance with the schedule.

17. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

determine a power consumption profile for a device based at least in part on a type of each of a plurality of radios of the device, wherein the power consumption profile comprises information regarding a typical rate of power consumption by the device, and wherein each type of radio has a particular amount of power consumption when connected to a particular type of network;

receive status information for the device comprising power status and network connectivity status, wherein the status information is associated with a type of a particular one of the plurality of radios being utilized;

determine, using a resource-control algorithm and based on the status information and the power consumption profile, a schedule for sending push events to the device, wherein determining the schedule comprises adjusting a frequency of sending push events to the device;

identify content to be provisioned to the device;

generate a down-scaled version of the identified content based on the status information and the power consumption profile;

send the scheduled push events at the adjusted frequency to the device, wherein the push events provision the down-scaled version of the identified content to the device;

send to the device an up-scaled version of the identified content based on a determination that a change to the status information or the power consumption profile has occurred; and

send to the device instructions causing the device to update the down-scaled version of the identified content with the up-scaled version of the identified content and to display the up-scaled version of the identified content.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the push events comprise commands to wake the device.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the processors being operable when executing the instructions to send the scheduled push events to the device comprises the processors being operable when executing the instructions to initiate the push events in accordance with the schedule or to send the schedule to the device.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the determining the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more device-based consumption factors.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the device-based consumption factors comprise a periodic data usage transfer limit with respect to the particular type of network and a data usage status with respect to the particular type of network.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein if the data usage status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the data usage transfer limit, no push events are included in the schedule until a period of time associated with the data usage transfer limit is renewed.

25. The system of claim 17, wherein the determining the schedule using a resource-control algorithm is further based on one or more system-wide consumption factors.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the system-wide consumption factors comprise a power threshold that applies across all devices.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein if the power status for the device indicates that the device is at or approaching the power threshold, no push events are included in the schedule until the device is re-charged.