IP Library Granted Patent US 11,080,075
Granted Patent B2
US 11,080,075 · App. 15/892,869 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Data threshold notification

Inventors: John Carl Mese (Cary, NC); Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); Nathan J. Peterson (Oxford, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F9/45512
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Patent No.
US 11,080,075
App. No.
15/892,869
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a user command to perform a function; determining, using a processor, whether execution of the function exceeds a data threshold; and providing, responsive to determining that execution of the function exceeds the data threshold, a notification to a user. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (35)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at an information handling device, a user command to perform a function;

determining, using a processor, that execution of the function results in a remaining data amount for a data cycle that is less than a predetermined amount with respect to a data limit threshold for the data cycle, wherein the determining comprises:

identifying a consumed data amount in the data cycle;

identifying a projected data amount to be consumed by execution of the function, wherein the identifying the projected data amount comprises utilizing historical data associated with execution of the function; and

determining whether a difference between the data limit threshold and a sum of the consumed data amount with the projected data amount is less than the predetermined amount; and

providing a notification to a user prior to execution of the function.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the function is selected from the group consisting of a download function, a navigation function, and a stream function.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises identifying a historical data consumption amount associated with execution of the function.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises identifying metadata associated with execution of the function.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data threshold corresponds to a maximum data amount any function can consume in executing the function.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification comprises an estimation of how much additional data, above the data limit threshold, may be consumed by execution of the function.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing comprises providing, responsive to determining that execution of the function results in the remaining data amount being less than the predetermined amount, the notification.

8. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

receive a user command to perform a function;

determine that execution of the function results in a remaining data amount for a data cycle that is less than a predetermined amount with respect to a data limit threshold for the data cycle, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine comprise instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a consumed data amount in the data cycle;

identify a projected data amount to be consumed by execution of the function, wherein the identifying the projected data amount comprises utilizing historical data associated with execution of the function; and

determine whether a difference between the data limit threshold and a sum of the consumed data amount with the projected data amount is less than the predetermined amount; and

provide a notification to a user prior to execution of the function.

9. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the function is selected from the group consisting of a download function, a navigation function, and a stream function.

10. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine comprise instructions executable by the processor to identify a historical data consumption amount associated with execution of the function.

11. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the data threshold corresponds to a maximum data amount any function can consume in executing the function.

12. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the notification comprises an estimation of how much additional data, above the data limit threshold, may be consumed by execution of the function.

13. The information handling device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to provide comprise instructions executable by the processor to provide, responsive to determining that execution of the function results in the remaining data amount being less than the predetermined threshold, the notification.

14. A product, comprising:

a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

code that receives a user command to perform a function;

code that determines that execution of the function results in a remaining data amount for a cycle that is less than a predetermined amount with respect to a data limit threshold for the data cycle, wherein the code that determines comprises:

code that identifies a consumed data amount in the data cycle;

code that identifies projected data amount to be consumed by execution of the function, wherein the identifying the projected data amount comprises utilized historical data associated with execution of the function; and

code that determines whether a difference between the data limit threshold and a sum of the consumed data amount with the projected data amount is less than the predetermined amount; and

code that provides a notification to a user prior to execution of the function.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060638/0044 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2018
From: MESE, JOHN CARL; VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; PETERSON, NATHAN J.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 044881/0720 →
Continuity (1)
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