Application idle current drain measurement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9285857-B2
Application number	US-201213731903-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2012
Priority date	Dec 31, 2012
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A device may identify an exhibited idle mode current draw according to test results representative of measured current usage associated with execution of an application under test on a test mobile device in communication with a live communications network of a network service provider; determine a battery consumption rating associated with the application under test according to the idle mode current draw and predetermined rating criteria; and update a listing of application ratings based on the determined battery consumption rating of the application under test.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing device storing a testing application, the testing application being executable by a processor of the computing device to provide operations comprising:
identifying, by the processor, an idle mode current draw according to test results representative of measured idle mode current usage associated with execution of an application under test on a test mobile device in communication with a live communications network of a network service provider;
identifying first information indicative of current usage of a first test mobile device onto which a base installation and the application under test are installed;
identifying second information indicative of current usage of a second test mobile device onto which the base installation is installed but not the application under test;
determining, by the processor, the idle mode current draw associated with execution of the application under test according to the first and second information; and
determining, by the processor, a battery consumption application rating associated with the application under test according to the idle mode current draw and predetermined rating criteria, thereby allowing for improved battery consumption;
wherein a listing of application ratings is updated based on the determined battery consumption application rating of the application under test.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the testing application is further configured to cause the computing device to provide operations comprising sending a test notification including the application rating to at least one of an application developer of the application under test and an application owner of the application under test.

3. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the testing application is further configured to cause the computing device to provide operations comprising:
identifying at least one type or category of the application under test; and
selecting the predetermined rating criteria based at least in part on the identification.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the testing application is further configured to cause the computing device to provide operations comprising at least one of:
receiving the test results for the application under test from a developer of the application under test,
receiving the test results for the application under test from an owner of the application under test, and
determining the test results for the application under test by the service provider providing the listing of application ratings.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the testing application is further configured to set a configuration of the first test mobile device and a configuration of the second test mobile device according to at least one of an application profile associated with the application under test and configuration settings associated with a type of the first and second test mobile devices.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined rating criteria include a first battery consumption rating associated with a first range of current usage indicative of a first level of battery life loss associated with execution of the application under test and a second battery consumption rating associated with a second range of current usage indicative of a second level of battery life loss associated with execution of the application under test, wherein the testing application is further configured to cause the computing device to provide operations comprising at least one of:
assigning the first battery consumption rating to the application under test when the idle mode current draw associated with execution of the application under test is included within the first range of current usage, and
assigning the second battery consumption rating to the application under test when the idle mode current draw associated with execution of the application under test is included within the second range of current usage.

7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the testing application is further configured to cause the computing device to provide operations comprising:
identifying the application under test as being higher priority for being tested according to criteria including at least one of: (i) the application under test being a most frequently downloaded application, (ii) the application under test being a most frequently used application, (iii) the application under test being a popular application for which a new version is available, (iv) the application under test being preloaded on the testing device and (v) a previous version of the application under test being included in the listing of application ratings; and
selectively including the application under test for testing in a listing of applications to be tested according to the identification of being higher priority.

8. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a computing device executing a testing application, an idle mode current draw according to test results representative of measured current usage associated with execution of an application under test on a test mobile device in communication with a live communications network of a network service provider;
identifying first information indicative of current usage of a first test mobile device onto which the application under test is installed;
identifying second information indicative of current usage of a second test mobile device onto which the application under test is not installed;
determining, by the computing device, the idle mode current draw associated with execution of the application under test according to the first and second information;
determining, by the computing device, a battery consumption rating associated with the application under test according to the idle mode current draw and predetermined rating criteria, thereby allowing for improved battery consumption; and
updating a listing of application ratings based on the determined battery consumption rating of the application under test.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising at least one of downloading the application under test over the live communications network and using an application preinstalled on the test device as the application under test.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving test results for the application under test from a developer of the application under test;
receiving test results for the application under test from an owner of the application under test; and
determining the test results for the application under test by a service provider providing the listing of application ratings.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
setting a configuration of the first test mobile device and a configuration of the second test mobile device according to at least one of an application profile associated with the application under test and configuration settings associated with a type of the first and second test mobile devices; and
performing simultaneous testing of the first test mobile device and the second test mobile device.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the predetermined rating criteria include a first battery consumption rating associated with a first range of current usage indicative of a first level of battery life loss associated with execution of the application under test and a second battery consumption rating associated with a second range of current usage indicative of a second level of battery life loss associated with execution of the application under test, and further comprising at least one of:
assigning the first battery consumption rating to the application under test when the idle mode curre

Assignees

• Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon

Inventors

• Mahajan Amit
• Meekel Jacques
• Powell Greselda P
• Iyer Krishna P

Classifications

• G01R31/382

  Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC · CPC title

• G01R31/392

  Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health · CPC title

• G06F1/3206 Primary

  Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality · CPC title

• G01R31/3606

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01R31/3679

  Physics · mapped topic