Patent ID: 11908291
Assignee: FREEUS, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method to reconfigure power modes of a mobile personal emergency response service (MPERS) device, the method comprising:
operating the MPERS device in a first power mode in which a communication interface of the MPERS device is continuously powered during operation of the MPERS device in the first power mode;
receiving a power mode reconfiguration command from a server that instructs the MPERS device to operate in a second power mode that is different than the first power mode, wherein in the second power mode, the communication interface of the MPERS device is intermittently powered; and
in response to receiving the power mode reconfiguration command, terminating operation of the MPERS device in the first power mode and operating the MPERS device in the second power mode in which the communication interface is intermittently powered, including powering down the communication interface for an interval of time during operation of the MPERS device in the second power mode and powering the communication interface for another interval of time during operation of the MPERS device in the second power mode;
wherein when the communication interface is powered down, the communication interface does not draw any power.