Patent ID: 8073498

Claim:
A method of optimizing power consumption of a wireless communication device comprising: providing a plurality of battery powered modules that are carried by a user and together operate as a single wireless communication device; detecting, by a power monitoring application within a first module of the plurality of battery powered modules, a battery reserve power level of the first module of the single wireless communication device; transferring, by a power control application within the first module, a processing function from the first module to a second module of the plurality of battery powered modules of the single wireless communication device based upon the detected battery reserve power level of the first module; comparing a reserve power level among the plurality of modules; prioritizing the plurality of battery powered modules based upon the relative battery reserve power levels of each of the plurality of battery powered modules; determining a difference in remaining operating time for each of the plurality of battery powered modules based on the priority; and communicating using the single wireless communication device based on the remaining operating time.