Portable device with priority based power savings control and method thereof

A wireless portable device comprising:

• a wireless signal strength determinator operative to determine a received signal strength of the portable device;
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• a controller, operatively coupled to the wireless signal strength determinator, and operative to adjust functional processing capability features of the wireless portable device based on the determined received signal strength, battery capacity information, and priority information about the functional processing capability features, wherein the priority information comprises an assigned priority level for each of the functional processing capability features, and wherein adjusting the functional processing capability features comprises increasing transmit power in response to detecting a signal strength below a threshold and reducing power consumed by an application to at least partly offset the increased transmit power.

A portable device comprising:

• a wireless signal strength determinator operative to determine a received signal strength of the wireless device;
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• a controller, operatively coupled to the wireless signal strength determinator, operative to adjust functional processing capability features of the wireless device based on the determined received signal strength, battery capacity information, network congestion information, and priority information about the functional processing capability features, wherein the priority information comprises an assigned priority level for each of the functional processing capability features, and wherein adjusting the functional processing capability features comprises increasing transmit power in response to detecting a signal strength below a threshold and reducing power consumed by an application to at least partly offset the increased transmit power.

A method comprising:

• obtaining, by a portable device, priority information about functional processing capability features of the portable device, wherein the priority information comprises an assigned priority level for each of the functional processing capability features;
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• based on the priority information and in response to a remaining power capacity of a battery in the device, a power consumption rate of the portable device and received signal strength information, dynamically controlling, by the portable device, the functional processing capability features of the device to provide power for higher priority functional processing capability features at the expense of lower priority functional processing capability features consistent with the priority information, wherein dynamically controlling the functional processing capability features comprises increasing transmit power in response to detecting a signal strength below a threshold and reducing power consumed by an application to at least partly offset the increased transmit power.

A method comprising:

• determining, by a portable device, a received signal strength for the portable device;
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• adjusting, by the portable device, functional processing capability features of the portable device based on the determined received signal strength, battery capacity information, and priority information about the functional processing capability features, wherein the priority information comprises an assigned priority level for each of the functional processing capability features, and wherein adjusting the functional processing capability features comprises increasing transmit power in response to detecting a signal strength below a threshold and reducing power consumed by an application to at least partly offset the increased transmit power.

An apparatus, comprising:

• means for obtaining priority information about functional processing capability features of a portable device, wherein the priority information comprises an assigned priority level for each of the functional processing capability features;
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• means for dynamically controlling the functional processing capability features of the portable device based on the priority information, a remaining power capacity of a battery in the portable device, a power consumption rate of the portable device and received signal strength information, wherein the dynamic control of the functional processing capability features provides power for higher priority functional processing capability features at the expense of lower priority functional processing capability features consistent with the priority information, and wherein dynamically controlling the functional processing capability features comprises increasing transmit power in response to detecting a signal strength below a threshold and reducing power consumed by an application to at least partly offset the increased transmit power.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable to:

• obtain priority information about functional processing capability features of a portable device, wherein the priority information comprises an assigned priority level for each of the functional processing capability features;
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• dynamically control the functional processing capability features of the portable device based on the priority information, a remaining power capacity of a battery in the portable device, a power consumption rate of the portable device and received signal strength information, wherein the dynamic control of the functional processing capability features provides power for higher priority functional processing capability features at the expense of lower priority functional processing capability features consistent with the priority information, and wherein dynamically controlling the functional processing capability features comprises increasing transmit power in response to detecting a signal strength below a threshold and reducing power consumed by an application to at least partly offset the increased transmit power.