Injecting active periods into scheduled inactive periods

A mobile computing device comprising:

• a wireless communication module;
• and
• a processing device coupled to the wireless communication module, wherein the processing device is configured to:
• receive a first instruction to transition into a low power state at a designated first time corresponding to a scheduled inactive period temporally between a first scheduled active period and a second scheduled active period, wherein the scheduled inactive period, the first scheduled active period and the second scheduled active period are defined in an initial usage schedule determined based on historical activity information of the mobile device;
• receive a second instruction to transition out of the low power state at a second time corresponding to an additional active period not included in the initial usage schedule, wherein the additional active period is a predetermined time period during which the mobile device is scheduled to perform at least one operation;
• after receipt of the first instruction and the second instruction, transition into the low power state at the designated first time, wherein transitioning into the low power state comprises deactivating the wireless communication module after the first scheduled active period elapses;
• transition out of the low power state at the second time, wherein transitioning out of the low power state comprises activating the wireless communication module;
• and
• perform the at least one operation using the wireless communication module during the additional active period, wherein the at least one operation is completed prior to the second scheduled active period.

A computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• determining, by the processing device, a usage schedule for a mobile device based on one or more first criteria associated with historical activity information of the mobile device, the usage schedule comprising a scheduled active period of the mobile device and a scheduled inactive period of the mobile device, wherein the scheduled active period corresponds to a time period during which the mobile device has at least a threshold probability of being used and the scheduled inactive period corresponds to an additional time period during which the mobile device has below the threshold probability of being used;
• determining an additional active period not included in the usage schedule for the mobile device, wherein the additional active period is based on one or more second criteria, and wherein the additional active period is a predetermined time period during which the mobile device is scheduled to perform at least one operation;
• and
• prior to the scheduled inactive period, performing the following comprising:
• sending a first instruction to the mobile device, wherein the first instruction causes the mobile device to transition into a low power state during the scheduled inactive period;
• and
• sending a second instruction to the mobile device, wherein the second instruction causes the mobile device to transition out of the low power state during the additional active period prior to the scheduled active period, wherein the mobile device is to perform the at least one operation during the additional active period and prior to the scheduled active period.