Ensuring battery reserve for mobile communication

• US 9,936,457 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2016
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Brown, Gene L., Coffey, Brendan F., Dawson, Christopher J., Harris, Clifford V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc M
• Application Number:
  US15/083,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20170289914A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 455574, 4553431-3436
• 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 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0264 by selectively disabling software applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A usage history for a mobile device is determined. The usage history is based upon historical analytics for a user. A battery reserve in the mobile device is monitored. Whether a threshold battery reserve for a battery in the mobile device, based upon the monitored battery reserve, is determined. In response to determining that a threshold battery reserve for the battery in the mobile device has been met, a power save mode is implemented for the mobile device to reduce battery consumption by the mobile device based on the determined usage history. The power save mode includes utilizing at least one of a battery partition and a second battery.

Claims

1. A method for ensuring a battery reserve, the method comprising:

determining, by one or more computer processors, a usage history of functions for a mobile device, wherein the determined usage history of the functions is based upon historical analytics for a user;

monitoring, by one or more computer processors, a battery reserve in the mobile device;

identifying, by one or more computer processors, a change in location of the mobile device from a first location to a second location;

adjusting, by one or more computer processors, a threshold battery reserve automatically based on the change in location of the mobile device;

determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the adjusted threshold battery reserve for a battery in the mobile device has been met based upon the monitored battery reserve; and

responsive to determining that a threshold battery reserve for the battery in the mobile device has been met;

determining, by one or more computer processors, a function to disable based on the determined usage history of the function for the mobile device and a current usage of the mobile device, wherein the current usage is based on the second location, and

implementing, by one or more computer processors, a power save mode for the mobile device to reduce battery consumption by the mobile device, wherein the power save mode includes disabling the function and utilizing at least one of a battery partition and a second battery.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the power save mode includes switching to at least one of:

the battery partition in the battery of the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve and to the second battery in the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve, wherein the battery partition in the battery of the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve and the second battery in the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve are dedicated to at least one specific application included in the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the battery partition which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve only allows for a portion of the battery to be used for at least one specific application of the mobile device, wherein individual battery partitions are recharged in a particular priority, and wherein the particular priority is based on a selection by the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the power save mode includes both turning off at least one application in the mobile device to reduce power consumption by the mobile device and at least one of:

switching to the battery partition in the battery of the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve or to the second battery in the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by one or more computer processors, an indication from the user of the mobile device of a change in a battery configuration in the mobile device, wherein the battery configuration indicates a number of batteries in the mobile device and wherein the battery configuration indicates a number of battery partitions, a partition capacity for each of the number of battery partitions, and a specific application or plurality of applications assigned to each of the number of battery partitions for each battery in the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical analytics for the user include at least one of the following:

a usage location, a time spent at the usage location, a cellular power requirement based on the usage location, a digital data power requirement based on the usage location, a time of day the user is at the usage location, and an application being used by the user at the time of day the user is at the usage location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second battery is internal to the mobile device.

8. A computer program product for ensuring a battery reserve, 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 determine a usage history of functions for a mobile device, wherein the determined usage history of the functions is based upon historical analytics for a user;

program instructions to monitor a battery reserve in the mobile device;

program instructions to identify a change in location of the mobile device from a first location to a second location;

program instructions to adjust a threshold battery reserve automatically based on the change in location of the mobile device;

program instructions to determine whether the adjusted threshold battery reserve for a battery in the mobile device has been met based upon the monitored battery reserve; and

responsive to determining that a threshold battery reserve for the battery in the mobile device has been met;

program instructions to determine a function to disable based on the determined usage history of the function for the mobile device and a current usage of the mobile device, wherein the current usage is based on the second location, and

program instructions to implement a power save mode for the mobile device to reduce battery consumption by the mobile device, wherein the power save mode includes disabling the function and utilizing at least one of a battery partition and a second battery.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the power save mode includes turning off at least one application in the mobile device to reduce power consumption by the mobile device.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the power save mode includes switching to at least one of:

the battery partition in the battery of the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve and to the second battery in the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve, wherein the battery partition in the battery of the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve and the second battery in the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve are dedicated to at least one specific application included in the mobile device.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the battery partition which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve only allows for a portion of the battery to be used for at least one specific application of the mobile device, wherein individual battery partitions are recharged in a particular priority, and wherein the particular priority is based on a selection by the user.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the power save mode includes both turning off at least one application in the mobile device to reduce power consumption by the mobile device and at least one of:

switching to the battery partition in the battery of the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve or to the second battery in the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:

receive an indication from the user of the mobile device of a change in a battery configuration in the mobile device, wherein the battery configuration indicates a number of batteries in the mobile device and wherein the battery configuration indicates a number of battery partitions, a partition capacity for each of the number of battery partitions, and a specific application or plurality of applications assigned to each of the number of battery partitions for each battery in the mobile device.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the historical analytics for the user include at least one of the following:

a usage location, a time spent at the usage location, a cellular power requirement based on the usage location, a digital data power requirement based on the usage location, a time of day the user is at the usage location, and an application being used by the user at the time of day the user is at the usage location.

15. A computer system for ensuring a battery reserve, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media; and

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

program instructions to determine a usage history of functions for a mobile device, wherein the determined usage history of the functions is based upon historical analytics for a user;

program instructions to monitor a battery reserve in the mobile device;

program instructions to identify a change in location of the mobile device from a first location to a second location;

program instructions to adjust a threshold battery reserve automatically based on the change in location of the mobile device;

program instructions to determine whether the adjusted threshold battery reserve for a battery in the mobile device has been met based upon the monitored battery reserve; and

responsive to determining that a threshold battery reserve for the battery in the mobile device has been met;

program instructions to determine a function to disable based on the determined usage history of the function for the mobile device and a current usage of the mobile device, wherein the current usage is based on the second location, and

program instructions to implement a power save mode for the mobile device to reduce battery consumption by the mobile device, wherein the power save mode includes disabling the function and utilizing at least one of a battery partition and a second battery.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the power save mode includes turning off at least one application in the mobile device to reduce power consumption by the mobile device.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the power save mode includes switching to at least one of:

the battery partition in the battery of the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve and to the second battery in the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve, wherein the battery partition in the battery of the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve and the second battery in the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve are dedicated to at least one specific application included in the mobile device.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the battery partition which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve only allows for a portion of the battery to be used for at least one specific application of the mobile device, wherein individual battery partitions are recharged in a particular priority, and wherein the particular priority is based on a selection by the user.

19. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the power save mode includes both turning off at least one application in the mobile device to reduce power consumption by the mobile device and at least one of:

switching to the battery partition in the battery of the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve or to the second battery in the mobile device which has not met the adjusted threshold battery reserve.

20. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, to:

receive an indication from the user of the mobile device of a change in a battery configuration in the mobile device, wherein the battery configuration indicates a number of batteries in the mobile device and wherein the battery configuration indicates a number of battery partitions, a partition capacity for each of the number of battery partitions, and a specific application or plurality of applications assigned to each of the number of battery partitions for each battery in the mobile device.