US 8,479,035 B1 · Smart limited functionality mode manager

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage media, for entering a limited functionality mode on a mobile device. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a portable electronic device, a first signal instructing the portable electronic device to enter a limited functionality mode, in which one or more transmission functionalities associated with the portable electronic device are disabled, determining whether the portable electronic device has received a second signal instructing the device to immediately enter the limited functionality mode, in response to receiving the first signal, waiting until one or more tasks that use the transmission functionalities are completed or until the second signal is determined to have been received, and entering the limited functionality mode after waiting until the one or more tasks that use the transmission functionalities are completed or until the second signal is determined to have been received.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, at a portable electronic device, a first signal that instructs the portable electronic device to enter a limited functionality mode, wherein, in the limited functionality mode, one or more transmission functionalities associated with the portable electronic device are disabled;
and
in response to receiving the first signal,
identifying one or more tasks currently being transmitted or to be transmitted by the one or more transmission functionalities;
identifying a subset of the one or more tasks to be completed based on one or more of:
(i) an urgency associated with the limited functionality mode,
(ii) one or more characteristics of each identified task currently being transmitted or to be transmitted by the one or more transmission functionalities, or
(iii) transmission bandwidth associated with the one or more transmission functionalities;
determining a time delay based on the determined subset of the one or more tasks;
and
entering the limited functionality mode after waiting until an earlier one of:
(i) the subset of the one or more tasks that use the one or more transmission functionalities have been completed, or
(ii) the time delay has expired.

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A computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a portable electronic device, a first signal that instructs the portable electronic device to enter a limited functionality mode, wherein, in the limited functionality mode, one or more transmission functionalities associated with the portable electronic device are disabled;
and
in response to receiving the first signal, identifying one or more tasks currently being transmitted or to be transmitted by the one or more transmission functionalities;
identifying a subset of the one or more tasks to be completed based on one or more of:
(i) an urgency associated with the limited functionality mode,
(ii) one or more characteristics of each identified task currently being transmitted or to be transmitted by the one or more transmission functionalities, or
(iii) transmission bandwidth associated with the one or more transmission functionalities;
determining a time delay based on the determined subset of the one or more tasks;
and
entering the limited functionality mode after waiting until an earlier one of:
(i) the subset of the one or more tasks that use the one or more transmission functionalities have been completed, or
(ii) the time delay has expired.

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A portable electronic device comprising:

an input device;
one or more processing devices;
and
a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the portable electronic device to:
receive a first signal associated with the input device that instructs the portable electronic device to enter a limited functionality mode, wherein, in the limited functionality mode, one or more transmission functionalities associated with the portable electronic device are disabled;
in response to receiving the first signal,
identifying one or more tasks currently being transmitted or to be transmitted by the one or more transmission functionalities;
identifying a subset of the one or more tasks to be completed based on one or more of:
(i) an urgency associated with the limited functionality mode,
(ii) one or more characteristics of each identified task currently being transmitted or to be transmitted by the one or more transmission functionalities, or
(iii) transmission bandwidth associated with the one or more transmission functionalities;
determining a time delay based on the determined subset of the one or more tasks;
and
enter the limited functionality mode after waiting until an earlier one of:
(i) the subset of the one or more tasks that user the one or more transmission functionalities have been completed, or
(ii) the time delay has expired.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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