US 2012/0258699 A1 · METHOD FOR OPERATING PORTABLE TERMINAL TO REDUCE POWER DURING SUPPORT OF COMMUNICATION SERVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME

Abstract

A method for operating a portable terminal so as to reduce power consumption during the support of a communication service and a portable terminal supporting the same is provided. The method includes activating a Radio Frequency (RF) communication unit, downloading a part of data of predetermined contents through the RF communication unit, buffering the downloaded part of the data in a buffer so as to output the buffered downloaded part of the data, and executing an idle time for terminating or reducing a power supply of the RF communication unit when the downloading of the part of the data of the predetermined contents is completed.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for operating a portable terminal to reduce power consumption during support of a communication service, the method comprising:

activating a Radio Frequency (RF) communication unit;
downloading a part of data of predetermined content through the RF communication unit;
buffering the downloaded part of the data in a buffer so as to output the buffered downloaded part of the data;
and
executing an idle time for terminating or reducing a power supply of the RF communication unit in a power reduction mode when the downloading of the part of the data of the predetermined contents is completed.

2 more elements

A portable terminal for reducing power consumed during support of a communication service, the portable terminal comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) communication unit for downloading a part of data of a predetermined size of contents transmitted through a data communication channel;
a buffer for buffering the part of the data for a predetermined time;
and
a controller for controlling the buffering of the part of the data and outputting the buffered part of the data, for terminating or reducing a power supply of the RF communication unit in a power reduction mode such that the RF communication unit has an idle time when the downloading of the part of the data is terminated.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/439,208Filed 4 Apr 2012

Priority

KR 10-2011-00313855 Apr 2011

Published

11 Oct 2012

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04W 52/0209
Power saving arrangements: in terminal devices
H04W 52/0225
In terminal devices: using monitoring of external events, e.g. the presence of a signal
H04W 52/0245
Using monitoring of external events, e.g. the presence of a signal: according to signal strength
H04W 52/0251
In terminal devices: using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity

Method for operating portable terminal to reduce power during support of communication service and portable terminal supporting the same

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Method for operating portable terminal to reduce power during support of communication service and portable terminal supporting the same

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Abstract

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