Wireless mobile communication device with autonomous Wi-Fi control based on usage of battery in device

A wireless mobile communication device comprising:

• a cellular data communication system configured to wirelessly connect to a cellular data communication network and to wirelessly communicate data between the wireless mobile communication device and the cellular data communication network;
• a Wi-Fi data communication system configured to wirelessly connect to a Wi-Fi access point and to wirelessly communicate data between the wireless mobile communication device and the Wi-Fi access point;
• an operational condition detection system, configured to detect:
• (1) a turn-on operational condition of the wireless mobile communication device other than actuation of a user-operated control, and (2) turn-off operational conditions of the wireless mobile communication device other than actuation of a user-operated control,
• the operational condition detection system including:
• a battery use detector;
• and
• a Wi-Fi connection detector, responsive to a Wi-Fi connection of the Wi-Fi data communication system, configured to:
• (i) detect when a connection to a Wi-Fi access point has been established, and (ii) detect when a connection to a Wi-Fi access point has been broken;
• and
• a Wi-Fi activation system configured to a) autonomously turn power on to the Wi-Fi data communication system upon detection of the turn-on operational condition of the wireless mobile communication device by the operational condition detection system, other than actuation of a user-operated control, and b) autonomously turn power off to the Wi-Fi data communication system, after autonomously turn power off to the Wi-Fi data communication system, upon detection of any of the turn-off operational conditions of the wireless mobile communication device by the operational condition detection system, other than the actuation of a user-operated control, wherein:
• one of the turn-off operational conditions includes when the Wi-Fi connection detector detects that the Wi-Fi connection of the Wi-Fi data communication system to the Wi-Fi access point ahs been broken, after establishment of a Wi-Fi connection to said Wi-Fi access point,
• when said Wi-Fi connection to said Wi-Fi access point has been broken, data incapable of being sent from said wireless mobile communication device to said Wi-Fi access point is capable of being sent from said wireless mobile communication device to said cellular data communication network by the cellular data communication system of the wireless mobile communication device, and
• another of the turn-off operational conditions includes when the Wi-Fi connection detector detects that a Wi-Fi connection to a Wi-Fi access point is established, that the battery use detector detects that the device is operating on battery power, and that the remaining charge in the battery is below a pre-determined level.

A wireless mobile communication device comprising:

• a cellular data communication system configured to wirelessly connect to a cellular data communication network and to wirelessly communicate data between the wireless mobile communication device and the cellular data communication network;
• a Wi-Fi data communication system configured to wirelessly connect to a Wi-Fi access point and to wirelessly communicate data between the wireless mobile communication device and the Wi-Fi access point;
• an operational condition detection system, configured to detect:
• (1) a turn-on operational condition of the wireless mobile communication device other than actuation of a user-operated control, and (2) a turn-off operational condition of the wireless mobile communication device other than actuation of a user-operated control,
• the operational condition detection system including a Wi-Fi connection detector, responsive to a Wi-Fi connection of the Wi-Fi data communication system, configured to:
• (i) detect when a connection to a Wi-Fi access point has been established, and (ii) detect when a connection to a Wi-Fi access point has been broken;
• and
• a Wi-Fi activation system configured to a) autonomously turn power on to the Wi-Fi data communication system upon detection of the turn-on operational condition of the wireless mobile communication device by the operational condition detection system, other than actuation of a user-operated control, and b) autonomously turn power off to the Wi-Fi data communication system, after autonomously turning power on the Wi-Fi data communication system, upon detection of a turn-off operational condition of the wireless mobile communication device by the operational condition detection system, other than actuation of a user-operated control, wherein:
• the Wi-Fi activation system includes a power-on delay timer configured to prevent the Wi-Fi activation system from autonomously turning power on to the Wi-Fi data communication system, notwithstanding detection of a turn-on operational condition by the operational condition detection system, for a pre-determined waiting period after the Wi-Fi activation system has autonomously turned power off to the Wi-Fi data communication system,
• the turn-off operational condition includes when the Wi-Fi connection detector detects that the Wi-Fi connection of the Wi-Fi data communication system to the Wi-Fi access point has been broken, after establishment of a Wi-Fi connection to said Wi-Fi access point, and
• when said Wi-Fi connection to said Wi-Fi access point has been broken, data incapable of being sent from said wireless mobile communication device to said Wi-Fi access point is capable of being sent from said wireless mobile communication device to said cellular data communication network by the cellular data communication system of the wireless mobile communication device.