Power-allocation interface
AssigneeZ124
InventorsRichard Pocklington, Anthony Russello
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Abstract
Management of battery resources of an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device has a battery, a display in communication with the battery, multiple subsystems in communication with the battery, and a user interface in communication with the subsystems. On the display is presented an indication of usage of the battery resources by the subsystems in executing functions by the device. With the interface, a user directive is received to reallocate the usage of the battery resources. The usage of the battery resources are thus reallocated in accordance with the user directive.
Claims24
A method of managing battery resources of an electronic device having a battery, a display in communication with the battery, two or more device subsystems in communication with the battery, and a user interface in communication with two or more device subsystems, the method comprising:
- displaying a power manager application screen, on the display, with an indication of usage of the battery resources by the two or more device subsystems in executing a function by the electronic device, wherein the power manager application screen presents a power draw for the function;
- receiving, with the interface, a user directive to reallocate the usage of the battery resources;
- and
- reallocating the usage of the battery resources in accordance with the user directive, wherein presenting the indication of usage of the battery resources comprises presenting an estimated time to depletion of the battery resources in accordance with a hypothetical change in execution parameters of a first plurality of functions.
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- a battery;
- a display in communication with the battery and the processor;
- two or more device subsystems in communication with the battery and the processor;
- and
- a user interface in communication with the processor and two or more device subsystems, wherein the processor executes a power manager application, the power manager application has:
- instructions to present on the display an indication of usage of the battery resources by the two or more device subsystems in executing a plurality of functions by the electronic device, wherein the power manager application presents a power draw for the plurality of functions, wherein presenting the indication of usage of the battery resources comprises presenting an estimated time to depletion of the battery resources in accordance with a hypothetical change in execution parameters of the plurality of functions;
- instructions to receive, with the interface, a user directive to reallocate the usage of the battery resources;
- and
- instructions to reallocate the usage of the battery resources in accordance with the user directive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.