Logical battery partitions
AssigneeOQO, Inc.
InventorJory Bell
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Abstract
A logical battery partitioning approach is disclosed. In one embodiment, a power management system in a portable computing device having a plurality of subsystems can include: (i) a battery coupled to a plurality of subsystems; (ii) a first battery variable provided to a first subsystem to indicate a characteristic of a first logical battery partition; and (iii) a second battery variable provided to a second subsystem to indicate a characteristic of a second logical battery partition. A battery variable can include an accessibility control, or a percent of battery power available, for example.
Claims21
A power management system in a portable computing device, the portable computing device including a plurality of subsystems, the power management system comprising:
- a battery coupled to the plurality of subsystems;
- a first battery variable provided to a first subsystem to indicate a characteristic of a first logical battery partition;
- and
- a second battery variable provided to a second subsystem to indicate a characteristic of a second logical battery partition.
A user interface for logical battery partition control in a portable computing device, the user interface comprising:
- a first portion for configuring a number of logical battery partitions;
- a second portion for mapping between an application and at least one of the logical battery partitions;
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- a third portion for indicating a function for each of the logical battery partitions.
A method of controlling logical battery partitions in a portable computing device supporting a plurality of applications, the method comprising:
- arranging the logical battery partitions;
- monitoring each of the logical battery partitions;
- and
- adjusting a battery variable accessed by at least one of the plurality of applications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.