Method and system for reducing thermal load by monitoring and controlling current flow in a portable computing device

A computer system for reducing thermal load by monitoring and controlling current flow in a portable computing device, the system comprising:

• a processor operable for:
• monitoring a temperature of the portable computing device;
• determining if the temperature has reached a temperature threshold condition;
• if the temperature has reached the temperature threshold condition, then monitoring electrical current exiting a plurality of power supply devices, each power supply device controlling power to one or more associated hardware devices;
• and
• selecting the hardware device corresponding to the electrical current for participating in a thermal mitigation technique if the electrical current has exceeded a current threshold condition.

A computer system for reducing thermal load by monitoring and controlling current flow in a portable computing device comprising:

• means for monitoring a temperature of the portable computing device;
• means for determining if the temperature has reached a temperature threshold condition;
• means for monitoring electrical current exiting a plurality of power supply devices if the temperature has reached the temperature threshold condition, each power supply device controlling power to one or more associated hardware devices;
• and
• means for selecting the hardware device corresponding to the electrical current for participating in a thermal mitigation technique if the electrical current has exceeded the current threshold condition.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for reducing thermal load by monitoring and controlling current flow in a portable computing device comprising, said method comprising:

• monitoring a temperature of the portable computing device;
• determining if the temperature has reached a temperature threshold condition;
• if the temperature has reached the temperature threshold condition, then monitoring electrical current exiting a plurality of power supply devices, each power supply device controlling power to one or more associated hardware devices;
• and
• if the electrical current has exceeded the current threshold condition, then selecting the hardware device corresponding to the electrical current for participating in a thermal mitigation technique.