Application idle current drain measurement
AssigneeCellco Partnership
InventorsAmit Mahajan, Jacques Meekel, Greselda P. Powell, Krishna P. Iyer
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Abstract
A device may identify an exhibited idle mode current draw according to test results representative of measured current usage associated with execution of an application under test on a test mobile device in communication with a live communications network of a network service provider; determine a battery consumption rating associated with the application under test according to the idle mode current draw and predetermined rating criteria; and update a listing of application ratings based on the determined battery consumption rating of the application under test.
Claims20
A computing device storing a testing application, the testing application being executable by a processor of the computing device to provide operations comprising:
- identifying, by the processor, an idle mode current draw according to test results representative of measured idle mode current usage associated with execution of an application under test on a test mobile device in communication with a live communications network of a network service provider;
- identifying first information indicative of current usage of a first test mobile device onto which a base installation and the application under test are installed;
- identifying second information indicative of current usage of a second test mobile device onto which the base installation is installed but not the application under test;
- determining, by the processor, the idle mode current draw associated with execution of the application under test according to the first and second information;
- and
- determining, by the processor, a battery consumption application rating associated with the application under test according to the idle mode current draw and predetermined rating criteria, thereby allowing for improved battery consumption;
- wherein a listing of application ratings is updated based on the determined battery consumption application rating of the application under test.
A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a computing device executing a testing application, an idle mode current draw according to test results representative of measured current usage associated with execution of an application under test on a test mobile device in communication with a live communications network of a network service provider;
- identifying first information indicative of current usage of a first test mobile device onto which the application under test is installed;
- identifying second information indicative of current usage of a second test mobile device onto which the application under test is not installed;
- determining, by the computing device, the idle mode current draw associated with execution of the application under test according to the first and second information;
- determining, by the computing device, a battery consumption rating associated with the application under test according to the idle mode current draw and predetermined rating criteria, thereby allowing for improved battery consumption;
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- updating a listing of application ratings based on the determined battery consumption rating of the application under test.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a testing application, the testing application being executable by a processor to provide operations comprising:
- identifying, by the processor, an idle mode current draw according to test results representative of measured current usage associated with execution of an application under test on a test mobile device in communication with a live communications network of a network service provider;
- identifying first information indicative of current usage of a first test mobile device onto which the application under test is installed;
- identifying second information indicative of current usage of a second test mobile device onto which the application under test is not installed;
- determining, by the processor, the idle mode current draw associated with execution of the application under test according to the first and second information
- determining, by the processor, a battery consumption rating associated with the application under test according to the idle mode current draw and predetermined rating criteria, thereby allowing for improved battery consumption;
- and
- updating a listing of applications ratings based on the determined battery consumption rating of the application under test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.