Power Management of a Mobile Communications Device
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsCharbel Khawand, Scott A. Fudally
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Abstract
A user interface for power management of a mobile communications device is described. In an implementation, power consumption used in performance of a plurality of tasks is monitored by a mobile communications device. A determination is made as to an amount of power that remains in a battery of the mobile communications device. A user interface is displayed on a display device of the mobile communications device that describes an amount of time each of the plurality of tasks may be performed based on the determined amount of power that remains in the battery.
Claims20
A method implemented by a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
- monitoring power consumption used by the mobile communications device while performing a plurality of tasks;
- determining an amount of power that remains in a battery of the mobile communications device;
- determining, based on the determined amount of power that remains in the battery and on the plurality of tasks, an amount of time that the mobile communications device can continue to operate while continuing to perform the plurality of tasks;
- and
- displaying a user interface on a display device of the mobile communications device that describes the determined amounts of time that the communications device can continue to operate while continuing to perform the plurality of tasks.
A mobile communications device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a battery;
- a display device;
- and
- one or more computer readable storage memories having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the mobile communications device to perform operations comprising:
- monitoring power consumption used by the mobile communications device while performing a plurality of tasks;
- determining an amount of power that remains in a battery of the mobile communications device;
- determining, based on the determined amount of power that remains in the battery and on the plurality of tasks, an amount of time that the mobile communications device can continue to operate while continuing to perform the plurality of tasks;
- and
- displaying a user interface on a display device of the mobile communications device that describes the determined amounts of time that the communications device can continue to operate while continuing to perform the plurality of tasks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.