Patent ID: 7769416
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for saving power on a network access device, comprising the steps of: receiving a notification message that identifies multimedia content available for play on the network access device, wherein the multimedia content is in a plurality of formats in different qualities, checking the notification message for a user defined message priority score, wherein the priority corresponds to one of a plurality of urgency levels including critical, informative, and deferrable, as an attribute for each message; implementing a power optimization policy for the network access device wherein the power optimization policy adjusts battery consumption based on the user defined priority; and responsive to the user defined message priority score and the power optimization policy, wirelessly sending the notification message to an alerting device configured to enable a user to select at least some of the multimedia content available for play on the network access device, further comprising a message download policy in accordance with Y=(P*EOS)−S/10