Energy conscious mobile device redundancy and recovery

• US 9,898,366 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2015
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2014
• 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): Bonzo, Bryce
• Assistant Examiner(s): Amoroso, Anthony J
• Application Number:
  US14/824,622
• Publication Number:
  US 20160179623A1
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0742 in a data processing system embedded in a mobile device, e.g. mobile phones, handheld devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/142 Reconfiguring to eliminate the error group management mechanisms in a peer-to-peer network H04L67/1044
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3062 where the monitored property is the power consumption power management in a computing system G06F1/3203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/85 Active fault masking without idle spares active fault masking without idle spare hardware where processing functionality is redundant G06F11/2035
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A tool for redundancy and recovery for a mobile device. The tool probes for one or more available resources on the mobile device, wherein probing for the one or more available resources includes gathering diagnostic information related to the one or more available resources. The tool determines a device functionality for the mobile device, wherein the device functionality is an energy conscious recovery plan including one or more features available on the mobile device. The tool scavenges for at least one resource to support the device functionality for the mobile device. The tool restores the device functionality for the mobile device, wherein restoring the device functionality includes utilizing the at least one resource and one or more energy conscious techniques.

Claims

1. A method for redundancy and recovery for a mobile device, the method comprising:

responsive to the mobile device unsuccessfully powering up, activating, by one or more computer processors, a recovery functionality via a physical reset switch on the mobile device;

probing, by one or more computer processors, for one or more available resources on the mobile device, wherein probing for the one or more available resources includes gathering diagnostic information related to the one or more available resources;

determining, by one or more computer processors, a device functionality for the mobile device, wherein the device functionality is an energy conscious recovery plan including one or more features available on the mobile device;

scavenging, by one or more computer processors, for at least one resource to support the device functionality for the mobile device, wherein scavenging includes siphoning charge from a battery, a processor complex, or a wiring harness within a main module of the mobile device to accumulate sufficient energy to restore and power the one or more features available on the mobile device; and

restoring, by one or more computer processors, the device functionality for the mobile device, wherein restoring the device functionality includes utilizing the at least one resource and one or more energy conscious techniques.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein probing for one or more available resources on the mobile device, further comprises:

diagnosing, by one or more computer processors, a software functionality for the mobile device, wherein diagnosing the software functionality includes utilizing one or more energy conscious reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) techniques; and

diagnosing, by one or more computer processors, an electrical functionality for the mobile device, wherein diagnosing the electrical functionality includes utilizing one or more energy conscious RAS techniques.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

searching, by one or more computer processors, for one or more malfunctions in one or more devices via a hardwired shadow plane, wherein searching includes utilizing one or more energy conscious RAS techniques.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a device functionality for the mobile device, further comprises:

creating, by one or more computer processors, a list of usable devices based, at least in part, on one or more of;

a diagnosis of software functionality;

a diagnosis of electrical functionality; and

a probing of resources available on a mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein scavenging for at least one resource to support the device functionality for the mobile device, further comprises:

determining, by one or more computer processors, an energy draw for the device functionality, wherein the energy draw is a predictive value of how much energy is required to restore the at least one feature available in the device functionality.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining an energy draw for the device functionality, further comprises:

inventorying, by one or more computer processors, one or more components of the mobile device; and

excluding, by one or more computer processors, the one or more components of the mobile device experiencing a malfunction.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a device functionality for the mobile device, further comprises:

determining, by one or more computer processors, one or more features to include in the device functionality based, at least in part, on one or more energy conscious techniques, the one or more features including one or more of;

an emergency phone call;

a global positioning system; and

a beacon broadcast.