Patent ID: 11972712
Assignee: nan
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus, comprising:
an application component operable to execute applications;
a screen coupled with the application component and operable to display images associated with the applications;
a refresh component coupled with the screen and operable to refresh the screen according to a refresh rate that is configurable; and
a refresh rate component coupled with the refresh component and operable to:
identify, concurrent with executing an application at the application component and refreshing the screen at a first refresh rate, a rate of user inputs associated with the application;
compare the rate of user inputs with a threshold rate of user inputs;
estimate, based at least in part on the rate of user inputs, a likelihood of a user of the apparatus switching from the application to a second application within a time period;
compare the likelihood of the user switching to the second application within the time period to a second threshold; and
configure the refresh rate to be a second refresh rate based at least in part on the rate of user inputs satisfying the threshold rate of user inputs, wherein the second refresh rate is greater than the first refresh rate based at least in part on the likelihood of the user switching to the second application within the time period being less than the second threshold.