Patent ID: 9088951
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of managing power consumption in a battery-powered device comprising: determining an amount of power allocated to a variable managed feature supported by the device; performing one or more power events of the variable managed feature according to a distribution frequency that indicates when to perform the power events, wherein performing each of the power events consumes a variable amount of time and a variable amount of power; in response to performing the one or more power events, determining remaining battery life of the device based on the variable amount of time consumed by performing the one or more power events, and determining an amount of remaining power for the variable managed feature based on the variable amount of power consumed by performing the one or more power events; and recalculating the distribution frequency that indicates when to perform subsequent power events of the variable managed feature based on the remaining battery life of the device after performing the one or more power events, the amount of remaining power for the variable managed feature after performing the one or more power events, and average power consumption per power event.