Determining expected exceeding of maximum allowed power consumption of a mobile electronic device

A device for determining an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption of a mobile electronic device, the device comprising:

• a power consumption determination circuit configured to determine power consumption of the device in a current operating state, and to determine process-specific power consumption of the device which would be caused by execution of a first process executable by a processor of the device;
• a power consumption comparing circuit configured to determine as to whether an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption would occur for a case in which a new instance of the first executable process would be executed, which is currently not executed, and that possible present instances of the first executable process, which are currently executed, are continued to be executed;
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• an outputting circuit configured to output, if it has been determined that an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption would occur, information about the expected exceeding of the maximum allowed power consumption.

A mobile electronic device, comprising:

• a processor;
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• a device for determining an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption of the mobile electronic device, the device for determining an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption of the mobile electronic device comprising:
• a power consumption determination circuit configured to determine a power consumption of the device in a current operating state, and to determine process-specific power consumption of the device which would be caused by the execution of a first process executable by a processor of the device;
• a power consumption comparing circuit configured to determine as to whether an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption would occur for a case in which a new instance of the first executable process would be executed, which is currently not executed, and that possible present instances of the first executable process, which are currently executed, are continued to be executed;
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• an outputting circuit configured to output, if it has been determined that an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption would occur, information about the expected exceeding of the maximum allowed power consumption.

A computer-readable program product storing program code for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:

• determining power consumption of the device in a current operating state;
• determining, for a first process executable by a processor of the device, process-specific power consumption of the device which would be caused by execution of the first process;
• determining as to whether an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption would occur for a case in which a new instance of the first executable process would be executed, which is currently not executed, and that possible present instances of the first executable process, which are currently executed, are continued to be executed;
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• if it has been determined that an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption would occur, outputting information about the expected exceeding of the maximum allowed power consumption.

A device for determining an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption of a mobile electronic device, the device comprising:

• a power consumption determination means for determining power consumption of the device in a current operating state, and for determining process-specific power consumption of the device which would be caused by execution of a first process executable by a processor of the device;
• a power consumption comparing means for determining as to whether an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption would occur for a case in which a new instance of the first executable process would be executed, which is currently not executed, and that possible present instances of the first executable process, which are currently executed, are continued to be executed;
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• an outputting means for outputting if it has been determined that an expected exceeding of a maximum allowed power consumption would occur, information about the expected exceeding of the maximum allowed power consumption.