Intelligent determination of required battery levels for battery-operated devices

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-volatile memory storing computer program code that when executed on the processor causes the processor to execute a process including:
• collecting, from one or more task management services, information about tasks scheduled for a user in a time period, the time period being later than a current time;
• determining a battery-operated device associated with one of the tasks;
• determining a length of time the battery-operated device will be powered on during the time period based on the information collected about the tasks;
• computing a required battery level for the battery-operated device based on the length of time the battery-operated device will be powered on during the time period and an energy consumption rate of the battery-operated device;
• and
• responsive to a determination that an actual battery level of the battery-operated device is less than the required battery level, providing a notification of a need to charge the battery-operated device.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoding instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out, the process including:

• collecting, from one or more task management services, information about tasks scheduled for a user in a time period, the time period being later than a current time;
• determining a battery-operated device associated with one of the tasks;
• determining a length of time the battery-operated device will be powered on during the time period based on the information collected about the tasks;
• computing a required battery level for the battery-operated device based on the length of time the battery-operated device will be powered on during the time period and an energy consumption rate of the battery-operated device;
• and
• responsive to a determination that an actual battery level of the battery-operated device is less than the required battery level, providing a notification of a need to charge the battery-operated device.