Dynamic adjustment of mobile device based on voter feedback

• US 9,813,990 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Stanley-Marbell, Phillip, Kapoor, Gaurav, Vaishampayan, Umesh S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Haider, Syed
• Application Number:
  US14/622,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20150351033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0235 where the received signal is a power saving command
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

In some implementations, a mobile device can be configured to monitor environmental, system and user events associated with the mobile device and/or a peer device. The occurrence of one or more events can trigger adjustments to system settings. The mobile device can be configured to keep frequently invoked applications up to date based on a forecast of predicted invocations by the user. In some implementations, the mobile device can receive push notifications associated with applications that indicate that new content is available for the applications to download. The mobile device can launch the applications associated with the push notifications in the background and download the new content. In some implementations, before running an application or communicating with a peer device, the mobile device can be configured to check energy and data budgets and environmental conditions of the mobile device and/or a peer device to ensure a high quality user experience.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first process from one or more other processes executing on a computing circuitry of a computing device, a request to register the other processes as one or more voting processes;

receiving, by the first process, a request from a client process to initiate an event associated with a particular attribute;

sending to each registered voting process a request to vote on allowing the event associated with the particular attribute to occur, the request including information that identifies the particular attribute;

determining, by a first voting process in the one or more voting processes, that the event is to be allowed based on current thermal conditions of the computing device;

sending, by the first voting process to the first process, a first vote indicating the event is to be allowed;

determining, by a second voting process in the one or more voting processes, that the event is to be allowed based on current network conditions of the computing device;

sending, by the second voting process to the first process, a second vote indicating the event is to be allowed;

receiving, by the first process, the first vote and the second vote indicating that the first voting process and the second voting process approve initiating the event;

determining, by the first process, to allow the event associated with the particular attribute when the first voting process and the second voting process vote to allow the event to occur; and

performing, by the computing device, an activity associated with the event when the first voting process votes to allow the event to occur.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more voting processes are dynamically plugged into the first process at runtime.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the first process, to allow the event associated with the particular attribute based on feedback from one or more voting processes comprises:

sending each voting process information that identifies the particular attribute; and

receiving a yes vote from each of the voting processes when each voting process determines that an event associated with the particular attribute should be allowed to occur.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the first process, to prevent a second event associated with a second attribute when the first process receives a no vote from at least one of the one or more voting processes.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request from at least one of the voting processes for a forecast associated with the particular attribute;

generating the requested forecast; and

returning the requested forecast to the at least one voting process.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the first process, to allow a third event associated with a particular attribute value based on feedback from one or more voting processes.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the first process, to allow a third event associated with a particular attribute value based on feedback from one or more voting processes comprises:

sending each voting process information that identifies the particular attribute value; and

receiving a yes vote from each of the voting processes when each voting process determines that an event associated with the particular attribute value is to be allowed to occur.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes:

receiving, by a first process from one or more other processes executing on a computing circuitry a computing device, a request to register the other processes as one or more voting processes;

receiving, by the first process, a request from a client process to initiate an event associated with a particular attribute;

sending to each registered voting process a request to vote on allowing the event associated with the particular attribute to occur, the request including information that identifies the particular attribute;

determining, by a first voting process in the one or more voting processes, that the event is to be allowed based on current thermal conditions of the computing device;

sending, by the first voting process to the first process, a first vote indicating the event to be allowed;

determining, by a second voting process in the one or more voting processes, that the event is to be allowed based on current network conditions of the computing device;

sending, by the second voting process to the first process, a second vote indicating the event is to be allowed;

receiving, by the first process, the first vote and the second vote indicating that the first voting process and the second voting process approve initiating the event;

determining, by the first process, to allow the event associated with the particular attribute when the first voting process and the second voting process vote to allow the event to occur; and

performing, by the computing device, an activity associated with the event when the first voting process votes to allow the event to occur.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the one or more voting processes are dynamically plugged into the first process at runtime.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions that cause determining, by the first process, to allow the event associated with the particular attribute based on feedback from one or more voting processes include instructions that cause:

sending each voting process information that identifies the particular attribute; and

receiving a yes vote from each of the voting processes when each voting process determines that an event associated with the particular attribute should be allowed to occur.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause determining, by the first process, to prevent a second event associated with a second attribute when the first process receives a no vote from at least one of the one or more voting processes.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause:

receiving a request from at least one of the voting processes for a forecast associated with the particular attribute;

generating the requested forecast; and

returning the requested forecast to the at least one voting process.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause determining, by the first process, to allow a third event associated with a particular attribute value based on feedback from one or more voting processes.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions that cause determining, by the first process, to allow a third event associated with a particular attribute value based on feedback from one or more voting processes include instructions that cause:

sending each voting process information that identifies the particular attribute value; and

receiving a yes vote from each of the voting processes when each voting process determines that an event associated with the particular attribute value is to be allowed to occur.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes;

receiving, by a first process from one or more other processes executing on a computing circuitry a computing device, a request to register the other processes as one or more voting processes;

receiving, by the first process, a request from a client process to initiate an event associated with a particular attribute;

sending to each registered voting process a request to vote on allowing the event associated with the particular attribute to occur, the request including information that identifies the particular attribute;

determining, by a first voting process in the one or more voting processes, that the event is to be allowed based on current thermal conditions of the computing device;

sending, by the first voting process to the first process, a first vote indicating the event is to be allowed;

determining, by a second voting process in the one or more voting processes, that the event is to be allowed based on current network conditions of the computing device;

sending, by the second voting process to the first process, a second vote indicating the event is to be allowed;

receiving, by the first process, the first vote and the second vote indicating that the first voting process and the second voting process approve initiating the event;

determining, by the first process, to allow the event associated with the particular attribute when the first voting process and the second voting process vote to allow the event to occur; and

performing, by the computing device, an activity associated with the event when the first voting process and the second voting process vote to allow the event to occur.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more voting processes are dynamically plugged into the first process at runtime.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions that cause determining, by the first process, to allow the event associated with the particular attribute based on feedback from one or more voting processes include instructions that cause:

sending each voting process information that identifies the particular attribute; and

receiving a yes vote from each of the voting processes when each voting process determines that an event associated with the particular attribute should be allowed to occur.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause determining, by the first process, to prevent a second event associated with a second attribute when the first process receives a no vote from at least one of the one or more voting processes.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause:

receiving a request from at least one of the voting processes for a forecast associated with the particular attribute;

generating the requested forecast; and

returning the requested forecast to the at least one voting process.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause determining, by the first process, to allow a third event associated with a particular attribute value based on feedback from one or more voting processes.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions that cause determining, by the first process, to allow a third event associated with a particular attribute value based on feedback from one or more voting processes include instructions that cause:

sending each voting process information that identifies the particular attribute value; and

receiving a yes vote from each of the voting processes when each voting process determines that an event associated with the particular attribute value is to be allowed to occur.