System and method for managing electrical current in a portable computing device

A computer system for managing electrical current within a portable computing device (“PCD”), the system comprising:

• a processor for:
• assigning a priority to two or more communications supported by the PCD;
• monitoring a present level of a power supply for the PCD;
• determining if the two or more communications may be transmitted at the present level of the power supply;
• if the two or more communications cannot be transmitted at the present level of the power supply, then determining if a timing of at least one of the communications may be adjusted;
• if the timing of the at least one of the communications may be adjusted, then calculating a timing offset for the at least one of the communications;
• and
• determining if the two or more communications may be transmitted at the present level of the power supply and with the timing offset.

A computer system for managing one or more memory resources of a wireless handheld computing device, the system comprising:

• means for assigning a priority to two or more communications supported by the PCD;
• means for monitoring a present level of a power supply for the PCD;
• means for determining if the two or more communications may be transmitted at the present level of the power supply;
• means for determining if the two or more communications cannot be transmitted at the present level of the power supply;
• means for determining if a timing of at least one of the communications may be adjusted;
• means for calculating a timing offset for the at least one of the communications if the timing of the at least one of the communications may be adjusted;
• and
• means for determining if the two or more communications may be transmitted at the present level of the power supply and with the timing offset.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for managing electrical current within a portable computing device (“PCD”), said method comprising:

• assigning a priority to two or more communications supported by the PCD;
• monitoring a present level of a power supply for the PCD;
• determining if the two or more communications may be transmitted at the present level of the power supply;
• if the two or more communications cannot be transmitted at the present level of the power supply, then determining if a timing of at least one of the communications may be adjusted;
• if the timing of the at least one of the communications may be adjusted, then calculating a timing offset for the at least one of the communications;
• and
• determining if the two or more communications may be transmitted at the present level of the power supply and with the timing offset.