Patent ID: 9569256
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: associating, with a second timer in a second timer group, a second application in a terminal device: setting the terminal device in a standby mode; waking up a processor in the terminal device when a first timer in a first timer group measures a first amount of elapsed time while the terminal device is in the standby mode, the first timer in the first timer group being configured to initiate wake-up of the processor even when the terminal device is in the standby mode, a first application being associated with the first timer in the first timer group; executing the first application when the processor wakes up; determining, using the processor, whether the second timer in the second timer group measures a second amount of elapsed time and whether the second timer in the second timer group measures the second amount of elapsed time before the processor wakes up; executing, using the processor, the second application after the second timer in the second timer group measures the second amount of elapsed time only when the processor in the terminal device is in an operating mode; and not executing the second application even after the second timer in the second timer group measures the second amount of elapsed time when the processor is in the standby mode, the second timer in the second timer group being configured not to initiate wake-up of the processor when the terminal device is in the standby mode.