Patent ID: 7769415

Claim:
A handheld mobile communication device, comprising: a display; a memory device; an accelerometer; a microprocessor controlling aspects of said display; and a power application module operating on said microprocessor to analyze signals from said accelerometer to determine a movement from, and a return to, a resting location for said device to determine activation times of said device; store and retrieve activation times in said memory device; identify a new activation cycle that has an activation time and a deactivation time derived from said activation times, deactivates an additional component in said device in an existing activation cycle that is operable on said device during said new activation cycle and runs through a power consumption mode selected from at least an on mode, an off mode, and a sleep mode, monitor a status of said accelerometer to determine an activation boundary for at least one of said activation cycles; begin a timer to track time of use of said device after activation of said device; and after a predetermined length of time of non usage of said device or upon a predetermined event detected by said device, place said device in a lower power consumption mode.