US 11,650,263 B1 · System for determining power consumption by devices

Abstract

The power consumption associated with use of an application is determined by causing one or more devices to execute the application. The state of the power source for each device is determined before, during, and after execution of the application. The state may include an amount of power discharged by the power source, an amount of power used to maintain a charge level of the power source, or a difference between a baseline power use and the amount of power consumed during use of the application. The determined states for the power sources of each device are used to generate an output that indicates periods of high and low power use. The output may associate these periods of power use with different characteristics of the functions that were performed during those time periods or of the devices. Using the output, a developer may optimize power use associated with an application.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a first device having a first power source;
one or more memories storing computer-executable instructions;
and
one or more hardware processors to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
at a first time, determine a first state associated with the first power source;
at a second time after the first time, cause the first device to perform a function that utilizes power from the first power source;
at a third time after the first time, determine a second state associated with the first power source;
determine, based on a first relationship between the first state and the second state, a first quantity of power associated with the function;
and
determine an output indicative of the first quantity of power, wherein the output associates the first quantity of power with one or more characteristics of the function.

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A method comprising:

causing a first device having a first power source to perform a function that utilizes power from the first power source, wherein the function includes a first portion and a second portion;
determining a first state of the first power source, wherein the first state is associated with performance of the first portion of the function;
determining a second state of the first power source, wherein the second state is associated with performance of the second portion of the function;
and
determining an output that associates the first state with one or more first characteristics of the first portion and the second state with one or more second characteristics of the second portion.

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A system comprising:

a first device having a first power source;
a second device having a second power source;
one or more memories storing computer-executable instructions;
and
one or more hardware processors to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
cause the first device to perform a first function that utilizes power from the first power source;
determine a first state of the first power source, wherein the first state is associated with performance of the first function by the first device;
cause the second device to perform a second function that utilizes power from the second power source;
determine a second state of the second power source, wherein the second state is associated with performance of the second function by the second device;
and
determine an output based on the first state and the second state, wherein the output associates a first quantity of power associated with the first state with one or more of:
a characteristic of the first function or a characteristic of the first device, and a second quantity of power associated with the second state with one or more of:
a characteristic of the second function or a characteristic of the second device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System for determining power consumption by devices

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System for determining power consumption by devices

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