Patent ID: 8903458

Claim:
A method comprising: determining, by one or more processors of a mobile device, a battery state and a network access state of the mobile device, wherein the battery state comprises one or both of a power state and a charge state of a battery of the mobile device, and wherein the network access state comprises a type of network accessed by the mobile device; determining, by the one or more processors, a usage frequency of at least one application executable by the mobile device, wherein the usage frequency comprises a frequency with which the at least one application is used on the mobile device by a user; and setting, by the one or more processors, a data refresh frequency for the at least one application based on the battery state, the network access state of the mobile device, and the usage frequency of the at least one application, wherein the data refresh frequency comprises a frequency with which updated data for the at least one application is periodically received from an external computing device that is external to the mobile device, wherein setting the data refresh frequency for the at least one application comprises setting the data refresh frequency in direct proportion to the usage frequency of the at least one application, such that the data refresh frequency increases as the usage frequency increases, and wherein the at least one application comprises a graphical user interface configured to receive and respond to user input and present information at the mobile device.