Power and notification management for a wearable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016353386-A1
Application number	US-201514722785-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 27, 2015
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A device may receive power management information associated with a wearable device. The power management information may identify a power management trigger associated with the wearable device, and the wearable device may be different from the device. The device may detect the power management trigger associated with the wearable device. The device may prevent, based on detecting the power management trigger, transmissions by the device to the wearable device. The transmissions may be associated with notifications for an application executing on the wearable device. The power management information may indicate that the device is to prevent the transmissions associated with the notifications for the application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A device, comprising:
one or more processors to:
receive power management information associated with a wearable device,
the power management information identifying a power management trigger associated with the wearable device, and
the wearable device being different from the device;

detect the power management trigger associated with the wearable device; and
prevent, based on detecting the power management trigger, transmissions by the device to the wearable device,
the transmissions being associated with notifications for an application executing on the wearable device,
the power management information indicating that the device is to prevent the transmissions associated with the notifications for the application.

2 . The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further to:
determine a remaining battery life of the wearable device; compare the remaining battery life of the wearable device to a power threshold,
the power management information identifying the power threshold; and
where the one or more processors, when detecting the power management trigger, are to:
detect the power management trigger based on comparing the remaining battery life and the power threshold.

3 . The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, after detecting the power management trigger, are further to:
cause the wearable device to be disabled from communicating using a particular wireless communication method.

4 . The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, after detecting the power management trigger, are further to:
cause the wearable device to switch to a grayscale mode; cause a brightness configuration associated with the wearable device to be modified; or cause a backlight timer configuration associated with the wearable device to be modified.

5 . The device of claim 1 , where the transmissions are first transmissions, the notifications are first notifications, and the application is a first application,
where the one or processors, after detecting the power management trigger, are further to:
allow second transmissions by the device,
the second transmissions being associated with second notifications for a second application executing on the wearable device,
the power management information indicating that the device is to allow the second transmissions associated with the second notifications for the second application while preventing the first transmissions associated with the first notifications for the first application.

6 . The device of claim 1 , where the transmissions are first transmissions and the notifications are first notifications,
where the one or processors, after detecting the power management trigger, are further to:
allow second transmissions by the device,
the second transmissions being associated with second notifications for the application executing on the wearable device,
the power management information indicating that the device is to allow the second transmissions associated with the second notifications for the application while preventing the first transmissions associated with the first notifications for the application.

7 . The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further to:
receive user input associated with the power management information; and where the one or more processors, when receiving the power management information, are further to:
receive the power management information based on the user input.

8 . A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive power management information associated with a wearable device,
the power management information identifying a power management trigger associated with the wearable device, and
the wearable device being different from the device;

detect the power management trigger associated with the wearable device; and
prevent, based on detecting the power management trigger, transmissions by the device to the wearable device,
the transmissions being associated with notifications for an application executing on the wearable device,
the power management information indicating that the device is to prevent the transmissions associated with the notifications for the application.

9 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
determine a remaining battery life of the wearable device; compare the remaining battery life of the wearable device to a power threshold,
the power management information identifying the power threshold; and
where the one or more instructions, after causing the one or more processors to detect the power management trigger, cause the one or more processors to:
detect the power management trigger based on comparing the remaining battery life and the power threshold.

10 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, after causing the one or more processors to detect the power management trigger, further cause the one or more processors to:
cause the wearable device to be disabled from communicating using a particular wireless communication method.

11 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to detect the power management trigger, further cause the one or more processors to:
cause the wearable device to switch to a grayscale mode; cause a brightness configuration associated with the wearable device to be modified; or cause a backlight timer configuration associated with the wearable device to be modified.

12 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the transmissions are first transmissions, the notifications are first notifications, and the application is a first application,
where the one or more instructions, after causing the one or more processors to detect the power management trigger, further cause the one or more processors to:
allow second transmissions by the device,
the second transmissions being associated with second notifications for a second application executing on the wearable device,
the power management information indicating that the device is to allow the second transmissions associated with the second notifications for the second application while preventing the first transmissions associated with the first notifications for the first application.

13 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the transmissions are first transmissions and the notifications are first notifications,
where the one or more instructions, after causing the one or more processors to detect the power management trigger, further cause the one or more processors to:
allow second transmissions by the device,
the second transmissions being associated with second notifications for the application executing on the wearable device,
the power management information indicating that the device is to allow the second transmissions associated with the second notifications for the application while preventing the first transmissions associated with the first notifications for the application.

14 . The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to receive the power management information, cause the one or more processors to:
receive the power management information based on information provided by an

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Sasidharan Shan K
• Narayanan Rajesh M
• Muralikrishnan Raghuram Ayalur
• Sankenani Venkateshwar Rao

Classifications

• H04W68/005

  Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication · CPC title

• H04W52/027

  by controlling a display operation or backlight unit · CPC title

• H04B1/385

  Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets · CPC title

• H04W52/0264 Primary

  by selectively disabling software applications · CPC title

• H04L43/16

  Threshold monitoring · CPC title