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Method and system for managing thermal policies of a portable computing device

US8996330B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8996330-B2
Application numberUS-201113101919-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 5, 2011
Priority dateJan 6, 2011
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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A method and system for managing one or more thermal policies of a portable computing device (PCD) includes monitoring temperature of the portable computing device with internal thermal sensors and external thermal sensors. If a change in temperature has been detected by at least one thermal sensor, then a thermal policy manager may increase a frequency in which temperature readings are detected by the thermal sensors. The thermal policy manager may also determine if a current temperature of the portable computing device as detected by one or more of the thermal sensors falls within one or more predetermined thermal states. Each thermal state may be assigned a unique set of thermal mitigation techniques. Each set of thermal mitigation techniques may be different from one another. The sets of thermal mitigation techniques may differ according to quantity of techniques and impacts on performance of the PCD.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for managing one or more thermal policies of a portable computing device comprising a chip, the method comprising: defining at least a first predetermined thermal state and a second predetermined thermal state, each predetermined thermal state being associated with a respective temperature range and a respective thermal policy, wherein: the highest temperature of a first temperature range associated with the first predetermined thermal state is equ…

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What does patent US8996330B2 cover?
A method and system for managing one or more thermal policies of a portable computing device (PCD) includes monitoring temperature of the portable computing device with internal thermal sensors and external thermal sensors. If a change in temperature has been detected by at least one thermal sensor, then a thermal policy manager may increase a frequency in which temperature readings are detecte…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Anderson Jon James, Niemann Jeffrey A, Rychlik Bohuslav, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F1/3296. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).