Device usage message generator indicative of power consumption of an electronic device

1. A message generator comprising:

a processor;

a power detector configured to be in communication with the processor; and

a memory configured to be in communication with the processor, the memory effective to store instructions;

the power detector effective to:

detect power information indicative of power consumption by an electronic device; and

send the power information to the processor;

the processor effective to:

classify the power information in response to the instructions stored in the memory to produce descriptive data about an activity associated with the use of the electronic device, wherein the activity is derived from the usage of the electronic device; and

apply one or more rules to the descriptive data to generate the message.

2. The message generator of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further effective to:

send the message to a content server;

receive content related to the message from the content server; and

output the content.

3. The message generator of claim 1 , wherein the power detector is effective to detect power information indicative of power consumed by the electronic device through receipt of data from the electronic device.

4. The message generator of claim 1 , wherein the power detector is effective to detect power information indicative of power consumption by the electronic device through detection of an analog power signal of the electronic device.

5. The message generator of claim 1 , wherein:

the power detector is effective to detect power information indicative of power consumption by the electronic device; and

the power information comprises at least one of an impulse response and an inductive ringing characteristic of the electronic device.

6. The message generator of claim 1 , wherein the message includes the activity associated with use of the electronic device.

7. The message generator of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further effective to send the message to a social network.

8. The message generator of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further effective to:

generate an indicator, wherein the indicator signifies that the message was generated by the message generator; and

send the indicator to the social network with the message.

9. A method to generate a message, the method comprising:

detecting, by a power detector, power information indicative of power consumption by an electronic device;

receiving, by a processor, the power information from the power detector;

classifying, by the processor, the power information to produce descriptive data about an activity associated with the use of the electronic device, wherein the activity is derived from the usage of the electronic device; and

generating, by the processor, the message by applying one or more rules to the descriptive data.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising, by the processor:

sending the message to a content server;

receiving content related to the message from the content server; and

outputting the content.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the content is an advertisement.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein detecting the power information includes detecting at least one of data from the electronic device or an analog power signal of the electronic device.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the message relates to the activity associated with the use of the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising sending the message to a social network.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising, by the processor:

generating probabilistic data relating to the activity associated with the use of the electronic device; and

wherein classifying the power information to produce descriptive data is based on the probabilistic data.

16. A method to generate content based on power information, the method comprising:

detecting, by a power detector, the power information indicative of power consumption by an electronic device;

classifying, by a processor, the power information to produce descriptive data about an activity associated with the use of the electronic device, wherein the activity is derived from the usage of the electronic device;

applying, by the processor, one or more rules to the descriptive data;

identifying, by the processor, the activity based on the application of the one or more rules to the descriptive data;

sending, by the processor, an indication of the activity to a content server configured to be in communication with the processor; and

receiving, by the processor from the content server, content related to the activity.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising sending the content to a computing device that is different from the processor.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the content is an advertisement related to the activity.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein detecting the power information includes detecting at least one of data from the electronic device or an analog power signal of the electronic device.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising, by the processor:

generating probabilistic data relating to the activity associated with the use of the electronic device; and

wherein classifying the power information to produce descriptive data is based on the probabilistic data.