Battery life management in portable terminal

1. A method for managing battery life in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

enabling a sleep mode in the portable terminal in response to detection of a sleep event; and

enabling an operation mode in the portable terminal in response to detection of an operation event, wherein the operation event can be either a continuous operation event and non-continuous operation events;

wherein the portable terminal comprises a first processor and a second processor;

wherein the enabling the sleep mode comprises reducing power consumption of the first processor;

wherein the enabling the operation mode comprises detecting the operation event with the second processor while the portable terminal is in the sleep mode;

wherein a rate of battery power consumption during the sleep mode is lower than a rate of battery power consumption during the operation mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein operation event comprises detection of the portable terminal within a predetermined location.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation event comprises detection of proximity of the portable terminal to a predetermined object.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation event comprises detection of connection of the portable terminal to an external power supply.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation event comprises detection of a predetermined sound.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation event comprises detection of a predetermined motion.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation event comprises detection of an incoming communication.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation event comprises receiving a signal from a cloud computing environment, wherein the cloud computing environment analyzes incoming communications to the portable terminal and determines whether the incoming communications satisfy a predetermined criterion for transitioning the portable terminal from the sleep mode to the operation mode.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation event is a combination of two or more of: detection of the portable terminal within a predetermined location, detection of proximity of the portable terminal to a predetermined object, detection of connection of the portable terminal to an external power supply, detection of a predetermined sound, detection of a predetermined motion, or detection of an incoming communication.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation event varies based on a battery power level of the portable terminal.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sleep event comprises detection of the absence of an operation event for a predetermined amount of time.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sleep event comprises detection of the battery power of the portable terminal being at or below a predetermined battery power threshold.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sleep event comprises detection of the portable terminal leaving a predetermined location.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sleep event comprises detection of the portable terminal leaving a proximity of a predetermined object.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sleep event comprises detection of the portable terminal being disconnected from an external power supply.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sleep event comprises detection of startup of the portable terminal.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the enabling the sleep mode comprises turning off or closing active applications of the portable terminal.

18. A system comprising:

a first processor;

a second processor; and

a memory having computer readable instructions;

wherein the first processor and the second processor are structured to execute the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions comprising:

enabling a sleep mode in the portable terminal in response to detection of a sleep event; and

enabling an operation mode in the portable terminal in response to detection of an operation event, wherein the operation event can be either a continuous operation event and non-continuous operation events;

wherein the enabling the sleep mode comprises reducing power consumption of the first processor;

wherein the enabling the operation mode comprises detecting the operation event with the second processor while the portable terminal is in the sleep mode;

wherein a rate of battery power consumption during the sleep mode is lower than a rate of battery power consumption during the operation mode.

19. A computer program product for managing battery life in a portable terminal, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor for:

enabling a sleep mode in the portable terminal in response detection of a sleep event; and

enabling an operation mode in the portable terminal in response to detection of an operation event, wherein the operation event can be either a continuous operation event and non-continuous operation events;

wherein the portable terminal comprises a first processor and a second processor;

wherein the enabling the sleep mode comprises reducing power consumption of the first processor;

wherein the enabling the operation mode comprises detecting the operation event with the second processor while the portable terminal is in the sleep mode;

wherein a rate of battery power consumption during the sleep mode is lower than a rate of battery power consumption during the operation mode.