Battery save mode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9665158-B2
Application number	US-201514630882-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2015
Priority date	Feb 25, 2015
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A battery-powered device may receive document data that includes information associated with a document. The device may determine a battery level and may determine whether the battery level satisfies a threshold value. If the battery level satisfies the threshold value, the device may present the document for display. If the battery level does not satisfy the threshold value, the device may present a battery-saving version of the document for display. The battery-saving version may omit and/or modify one or more elements included in the document.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor associated with a client device, data that includes information associated with a first element in a document;
determining, by the processor, a battery level associated with the client device;
determining, by the processor, whether the battery level satisfies a threshold;
presenting, by the processor and when the battery level satisfies the threshold, the document for display on a display of the client device, wherein presenting the document includes presenting the first element; and
presenting, by the processor and when the battery level does not satisfy the threshold, a modified document for display on the display, wherein the modified document includes a modified version of the first element that is formed using a table that stores data indicating how to modify elements to form modified versions of the elements, and wherein the client device uses less power to present the modified document than the document.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first element is associated with an image, and wherein the modified version of the first element is formed by changing at least one of a color, a shape, a size, a brightness, or a displayed position associated with the image.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first element is associated with dynamic content, and wherein the modified version of the first element is associated with a static version of the dynamic content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data further includes information associated with a second element in the document, and wherein the modified version omits the second element.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data further includes instructions for generating the modified version of the first element.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a request for the document, wherein the request includes an indication of the battery level; and
forwarding the request to another device, wherein the data is received from the other device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying an attribute associated with the first element;
estimating, based on the attribute, a first amount of power to be used by the client device to present the first element for display; and
calculating the threshold based on the first amount of power.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
identifying a second amount of power being used by the client device before presenting the document or the modified document, wherein the threshold is further calculated based on a sum of the first amount of power and the second amount of power.

9. A device comprising:
a display;
a battery;
a battery sensor configured to identify a battery level associated with the battery; and
a processor configured to:
receive data that includes information associated with a first element in a document;
determine whether the battery level satisfies a threshold;
present, when the battery level satisfies the threshold, the document on the display, wherein presenting the document includes presenting the first element; and
present, when the battery level does not satisfy the threshold, a modified document for display on the display, wherein the modified document includes a modified version of the first element formed based on a table that stores data indicating how to modify elements to form modified version of the elements, and wherein the presenting the modified document uses less power than presenting the document.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first element is associated with an image, and wherein the modified version of the first element is formed by changing at least one of a color, a shape, a size, a brightness, or an intensity associated with the image.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first element is associated with dynamic content, and wherein the modified version of the first element is associated with a static version of the dynamic content.

12. The device of claim 9 , wherein the data further includes information associated with a second element in the document, and wherein the modified version does not include the second element.

13. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether the battery is being recharged when the data is received, wherein the modified document is presented for display based on determining that the battery is not being recharged.

14. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
generate a request for the document, wherein the request includes an indication of the battery level; and
forward the request to another device, wherein the data is received from the other device.

15. The device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify an attribute associated with the first element;
estimate, based on the attribute, a first amount of power to be used by the device when presenting the first element for display; and
determine the threshold based on the first amount of power.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify a second amount of power being used by the device before presenting the document or the modified document, wherein processor further determines the threshold based on a sum of the first amount of power and the second amount of power.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor associated with a device, cause the processor to:
identify a battery level of a battery associated with the device;
receive data that includes information associated with a first element in a document;
determine whether the battery level satisfies a threshold;
present, when the battery level satisfies the threshold, the document for display on a display of the device, wherein presenting the document include presenting the first element; and
present, when the battery level does not satisfy the threshold, a modified document for display on the display, wherein the modified document includes a modified version of the first element formed based on a table that stores data indicating how to modify elements to form modified version of the elements, and wherein the presenting the modified document uses less power than presenting the document.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the first element is associated with an image, and wherein the modified version of the first element is formed by changing at least one of a color, a shape, a size, a brightness, or an intensity associated with the image.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the data further includes information associated with a second element in the document, and wherein the modified version excludes the second element.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:
identify an attribute associated with the first element;
estimate, based on the attribute, an amount of power to be used by the device when presenting the first element for display; and
determine the threshold based on the amount of power.

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Joseph Peter
• Ravi Guruharan
• Abraham Santosh C
• Swaminathan Sudharsanan
• Maduram Rajarathinam

Classifications

• G06F1/3212 Primary

  Monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being initiated when battery voltage goes below a certain level · CPC title

• G06F1/3265

  Power saving in display device · CPC title

• Y02D10/00

  Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management · CPC title