Context-based indoor power management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016291671-A1
Application number	US-201315038673-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	Dec 24, 2013
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Technologies for managing power consumption include a power management device that determines a context associated with a user of computing devices located within a building and in communication with the power management device. The power management device compares the context associated with the user to a power management policy. The power management policy includes power management rules that define power consumption levels for the computing devices based on the context associated with the user. The power management device communicates with the computing devices to adjust the power consumption levels in response to the context associated with the user satisfying a power management rule.

First claim

1 - 25 . (canceled)

26 . A power management device to manage computing device power consumption, the power management device comprising:
a context determination module to determine a context associated with a user of one or more computing devices of a plurality of computing devices located within a building, the power management device is communicatively coupled to each computing device via an associated network; and a power management controller module to: (i) compare the context associated with the user to a power management policy, the power management policy comprising one or more power management rules that define a power consumption level for the one or more computing devices based on the context associated with the user, and (ii) communicate with the one or more computing devices to adjust the power consumption level of the one or more computing devices in response to satisfaction of one or more power management rules by the context associated with the user.

27 . The power management device of claim 26 , wherein the context determination module is further to receive user context data from one or more of the computing devices; and
wherein to determine the context associated with the user comprises to determine at least one of a location of the user or an activity of the user based on the received user context data.

28 . The power management device of claim 27 , wherein the received user context data comprises at least one of user presence data indicative of a time the user was last detected in a proximity to a computing device of the one or more computing devices, location data indicative of the location of the user within the building, user location data indicative of a user-reported location within the building, or user interaction data indicative of a last interaction of the user with the computing device of the one or more computing devices.

29 . The power management device of claim 27 , wherein the one or more power management rules comprise at least one of a first power management rule to adjust the power consumption level of the one or more computing devices in response to a determination that the user is located within a particular room of the building, a second power management rule to adjust the power consumption level of the one or more computing devices in response to a determination of no interaction by the user with the one or more computing devices within a reference time period, a third power management rule to adjust the power consumption level of the one or more computing devices in response to the determined activity of the user, or a fourth power management rule to adjust the power consumption level of the one or more computing devices based on historical context data associated with the user.

30 . The power management device of claim 26 , wherein to communicate with the one or more computing devices to adjust the power consumption level comprises to transmit a power control instruction to one or more of the computing devices.

31 . The power management device of claim 30 , wherein the power control instruction comprises at least one of a shutdown instruction, a boot instruction, a wake instruction, a sleep instruction, a hibernate instruction, a processor clock rate control instruction, or a processor core control instruction.

32 . The power management device of claim 26 , wherein to communicate with the one or more computing devices to adjust the power consumption level comprises to transmit a power management policy update to the one or more computing devices, the power management policy update to update local power management policies of the one or more computing devices.

33 . The power management device of claim 26 , wherein the power management controller module is further to transmit a notification to the one or more computing devices.

34 . The power management device of claim 33 , wherein to transmit the notification comprises to transmit global power status data to the one or more computing devices, the global power status data comprises at least one of an identity and a location of each active computing device of the one or more computing devices, a total number of users located in the building, or a total number of users located in each room of the building.

35 . The power management device of claim 33 , wherein to transmit the notification comprises to transmit an alert to the one or more computing devices, the alert comprises at least one of an identity and a location of each active computing device of the one or more computing devices located in another room of the building, a current location of the one or more computing devices, or total amount of potential power savings for turning off one or more of the computing devices.

36 . The power management device of claim 33 , wherein to transmit the notification comprises to transmit general notification data to the one or more computing devices, the general notification data comprises at least one of an identity and a location of each computing device of the one or more computing devices turned off or the identity and location of each computing device scheduled to be turned off.

37 . The power management device of claim 33 , wherein the power management controller module is further to determine a computing device of the one or more computing devices located closest to the user; and
wherein to transmit the notification comprises to transmit the notification to the computing device determined to be closest to the user.

38 . The power management device of claim 26 , wherein the power management controller module is further to transmit a notification to a mobile computing device.

39 . The power management device of claim 26 , wherein the power management controller module is further to receive local power status data from each of the one or more computing devices, the local power status data comprises a current power consumption level for a corresponding computing device.

40 . The power management device of claim 26 , wherein the context determination module is further to: (i) compare the context associated with the user to historical context data associated with the user, and (ii) determine whether a contextual pattern exists based on the comparison; and
wherein the power management controller module is further to: (i) update the power management policy based on the determined contextual pattern, and (ii) transmit one or more of a power control instruction, a power management policy update, or a notification to one or more of the computing devices based on the updated power management policy.

41 . One or more machine-readable media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that in response to being executed by a power management device, cause the power management device to:
determine a context associated with a user of one or more computing devices of a plurality of computing devices located within a building, the power management device communicatively coupled to each computing device via an associated network; compare the context associated with the user to a power management policy, the power management policy comprising one or more power management rules that define a power consumption level for the one or more computing devices based on the context associated with the user; and communicate with the one or more computing devices to adjust the power consumption level of the one or more computing devices in response to the context associated with the user satisfying one or more power management rules.

42 . The one or more machine-readable media of cl

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Rider Tomer
• Cohen Rachel

Classifications

• H02J13/13 Primary

  characterised by the transmission of data to equipment in the power network · CPC title

• H02J13/12

  Monitoring network conditions, e.g. electrical magnitudes or operational status · CPC title

• H02J13/00

  Circuit arrangements for providing remote monitoring or remote control of equipment in a power distribution network · CPC title

• H04L41/0833

  for reduction of network energy consumption · CPC title

• H04L12/2827

  Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality · CPC title