Priority Based Application Event Control (PAEC) To Reduce Power Consumption

A computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by a system cause the system to:

• provide a user of a smart phone with current policy settings for a plurality of applications, the current policy settings comprising policy information to indicate which of the plurality of applications are allowed to wake the smart phone from a low power consumption state;
• allow the user to update the policy information for a first application of the plurality of applications to indicate a priority of the first application to wake the smart phone from the low power consumption state;
• and
• allow the first application to cause the smart phone to exit from the low power consumption state based on the updated policy information.

A system comprising:

• a central processing unit;
• a computer-readable medium coupled to the central processing unit to store instructions that when executed by the central processing unit cause the system to:
• provide a user of the system with current policy settings for a plurality of applications, the current policy settings comprising policy information to indicate which of the plurality of applications are allowed to wake the central processing unit from a low power consumption state;
• allow the user to update the policy information for a first application of the plurality of applications to indicate a priority of the first application to wake the central processing unit from the low power consumption state;
• and
• allow the first application to cause the central processing unit to exit from the low power consumption state based on the updated policy information;
• a touchscreen coupled to the central processing unit;
• and
• an audio device coupled to the central processing unit.

A computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by a system cause the system to:

• provide a user of a smart phone with current policy settings for a plurality of applications, the current policy settings comprising policy information to indicate which of the plurality of applications are allowed to wake circuitry of the smart phone from a low power consumption state;
• allow the user to update the policy information for a first application of the plurality of applications to indicate a priority of the first application to wake the circuitry from the low power consumption state;
• and
• allow the first application to cause the circuitry to exit from the low power consumption state based on the updated policy information, to enable the first application to be serviced.