Patent ID: 8509861

Claim:
A method for power management of a portable electronic device, the method comprising: observing, with a controller of a portable electronic device, a pattern of past occurrence of a particular power consumption event in the portable electronic device; forecasting, with the controller, a likely future occurrence of the particular power consumption event in the portable electronic device, the particular power consumption event having an anticipated power consumption requirement, the forecasting being based upon the controller having observed the pattern of past occurrence of the particular power consumption event in the portable electronic device, the observed pattern of past occurrence of the particular power consumption event being identified based upon monitoring over time, with the controller, at least one user's usage pattern of the portable electronic device to identify the pattern of past occurrence of the particular power consumption event; selecting, in response to the forecasting, one of a plurality of energy storage devices in an energy storage device farm for the portable electronic device, the selecting being based at least on the anticipated power consumption requirement of the particular power consumption event upon its likely future occurrence and on one or more characteristics of the one of the plurality of energy storage devices that meet the anticipated power consumption requirement; and executing, upon its occurrence, the forecasted particular power consumption event in the portable electronic device using energy stored in the selected one of the plurality of energy storage devices.