Optimally controlling short-range wireless communication on mobile communication devices

At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program code, the program code being configured such that when loaded into system memory and executed by a processor, the processor performs the following steps:

• accessing a wireless access schedule, the wireless access schedule identifying at least one time period during which the mobile communication device is assumed to have access to short-range wireless communication;
• responsive to an indication that a unit of data is to be communicated between the mobile communication device and a remote computing device, determining a current time, and whether the current time is within a time period during which the mobile communication device is assumed to have access to short-range wireless communication;
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• managing the communication of the unit of data with the remote computing device according to whether the current time is within a time period during which the mobile communication device is assumed to have access to short-range wireless communication.

A mobile communication device comprising:

• a processor;
• system memory;
• at least one storage medium;
• a short-range wireless network interface;
• a clock;
• a battery;
• an accessing component, configured to access a wireless access schedule, the wireless access schedule identifying at least one time period during which the mobile communication device is assumed to have access to short-range wireless communication;
• a determining component, configured to determine a current time and whether the current time is within a time period during which the mobile communication device is assumed to have access to short-range wireless communication, responsive to an indication that a unit of data is to be communicated between the mobile communication device and a remote computing device;
• and
• a communication managing component, configured to manage the communication of the unit of data with the remote computing device according to whether the current time is within a time period during which the mobile communication device is assumed to have access to short-range wireless communication.