Patent ID: 8588871

Claim:
A method comprising: in response to determining, by a computing device, that a first sensor device of the computing device is unable to detect a first signal at a first point in time, determining, by the computing device, a probability that indicates whether a second sensor device of the computing device is capable of receiving information prior to the first signal being detectable by the first sensor device; in response to determining that the probability satisfies a threshold probability, determining, by the computing device, that the second sensor device can receive information that indicates whether the first sensor is able to detect the first signal; receiving, by the computing device using the second sensor device, the information, wherein the information is usable by the computing device to determine whether the first sensor device can detect the first signal; determining, based at least in part on the information and by the computing device, that the first sensor device is able to detect the first signal at a second point in time; responsive to determining the first sensor device is able to detect the first signal at the second point in time, activating, by the computing device, the first sensor device.