Patent ID: 7836321

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: circuitry to be driven by a rechargeable battery to perform a data processing operation including downloading data content, the data content being configured in a first relatively large size and a second relatively small size, and a battery sensor coupled to the circuitry, the battery sensor being configured to indicate whether the battery has sufficient capability to complete the operation of downloading of the data content, the apparatus being configured to obtain data corresponding to the size of the content to be downloaded, wherein said circuitry is configured to estimate whether the battery has the capability to support the downloading of the content in said first size, and if it is estimated that the battery does not have the capability to support the downloading of the content in said first size, to estimate whether the battery has the capability to support the downloading of the content in said second size, and the circuitry is configured to cease the downloading of the data content in the event that the battery is indicated to have insufficient capability to complete the downloading of the data content.