Systems and methods for metering and analyzing energy consumption of events within a portable device
AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (US), LLC
InventorsJohn Houston, Arun Ramaswamy, Brian Hopkins
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Abstract
System and methods to determine the energy consumption per event type from usage data of portable devices are described. An example method includes determining a first plurality of linear equations representative of energy expended in a portable device for a second plurality of functions, the second plurality of functions including at least one software function of the portable device, the first plurality being more than the second plurality, and determining, using a processor, energy values corresponding to the second plurality of functions by applying a statistical method to the first plurality of linear equations.
Claims9
A method to determine energy usage of a portable device, the method comprising:
- determining a first plurality of linear equations representative of energy expended in a portable device for a second plurality of functions, the second plurality of functions including at least one software function of the portable device, the first plurality being more than the second plurality;
- and
- determining, using a processor, energy values corresponding to the second plurality of functions by applying a statistical method to the first plurality of linear equations.
A system to determine the energy usage of a portable device, the system comprising:
- a data analyzer to:
- determine a first plurality of linear equations representative of energy expended in at least a portion of a portable device for a second plurality of functions, the second plurality of functions including at least one software function of the portable device, the first plurality being greater than the second plurality;
- and
- apply a statistical method to the first plurality of linear equations to determine energy consumption values corresponding to the second plurality of functions.
A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
- determine a first plurality of linear equations representative of energy expended in a portable device for a second plurality of functions, the second plurality of functions including at least one software function of the portable device, the first plurality being more than the second plurality;
- and
- determine, using a processor, energy values corresponding to the second plurality of functions by applying a statistical method to the first plurality of linear equations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.