Patent ID: 9686747
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G08B,H02J,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for regulating current battery usage of a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of: taking a first reading of a current battery charge of a battery of the mobile device by a computer-program application residing in the mobile device upon detecting a triggering event; taking a second reading of the current battery charge of the battery by the computer-program application after a period of time has passed from when the triggering event was detected; determining the current battery usage based on a difference between the first reading and the second reading of the current battery charge by the computer-program application; determining by the computer-program application whether the current battery usage is likely to result in the current battery charge of the battery dropping below a threshold value before the battery is recharged based on historical battery charge usage data of the mobile device over a past period of time; and advising a user of the mobile device via the computer-program application in response to determining the current battery usage is likely to result in the current battery charge of the mobile device dropping below the threshold value before the battery of the mobile device is recharged.