Emergency mobile device power source
In various aspects, a portable electronic device includes electrical components supported by a housing, the electrical components including a user interface coupled to a processor and a storage medium including an emergency power storage module coupled to the processor. The portable apparatus further includes one or more power storage devices configured to provide electrical energy to the electrical components, at least one power storage device operably controlled by the emergency power storage module to provide emergency electrical energy to the electronic components for an emergency communication.
1. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a portable electronic device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving an emergency contact identifier;
receiving a time period associated with the emergency contact identifier;
determining that a capacity of a primary power source of the portable electronic device drops below a threshold level;
determining that an incoming communication request from an external transmitter is associated with the emergency contact identifier;
determining if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period;
if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period, then utilizing a secondary power source of the portable electronic device to provide power to the portable electronic device for communicating with the external transmitter; and
if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is not received during the time period, then rejecting the incoming communication request.
2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise prior to rejecting the incoming communication request if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is not received during the time period, determining whether an override blocking function is initiated.
3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the incoming communication request is associated with a telephone call.
4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise in response to determining that the override blocking function is initiated, allowing communication with the external transmitter.
5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier received during the time period is considered an emergency communication and wherein the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier not received during the time period is considered a non-emergency communication.
6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying a message indicating an activation of an emergency power mode during which the secondary power source provides power for communications determined to be emergency communications.
7. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a portable electronic device comprising a processor,
and an emergency contact identifier;
receiving, by the portable electronic device, a time period associated with the emergency contact identifier;
determining, by the portable electronic device, that a capacity of a primary power source of the portable electronic device drops below a threshold level;
determining, by the portable electronic device, that an incoming communication request from an external transmitter is associated with the emergency contact identifier;
determining, by the portable electronic device, if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period;
if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period, then utilizing, by the portable electronic device, a secondary power source of the portable electronic device to provide power to the portable electronic device for communicating with the external transmitter; and
if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is not received during the time period, then rejecting, by the portable electronic device, the incoming communication request.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising displaying a prompt for an input of the emergency contact identifier.
9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising prior to rejecting the incoming communication request if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is not received during the time period, determining whether an override blocking function is initiated.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising in response to determining that the override blocking function is initiated, allowing communication with the external transmitter.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the secondary power source is a virtual partition of the primary power source.
12. A device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
receiving an emergency contact identifier,
receiving a time period associated with the emergency contact identifier,
determining that a capacity of a primary power source of the device drops below a threshold level,
determining that an incoming communication request from an external transmitter is associated with the emergency contact identifier,
determining if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period,
if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is received during the time period, then utilizing a secondary power source of the device to provide power to device for communicating with the external transmitter, and
if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is not received during the time period, then rejecting the incoming communication request.
13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the secondary power source is a partition of the primary power source.
14. The device of claim 12 , wherein the primary power source further includes a voltage monitoring circuit.
15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the voltage monitoring circuit includes a first connection terminal for a first set of elements and a second connection terminal for a second set of elements, the second set of elements defining the partition.
16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise selectively designating the partition between the first set of elements and the second set of elements.
17. The device of claim 16 , wherein selectively designating the partition comprises allocating electrical energy to the first set of elements and the second set of elements.
18. The device of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:
prior to rejecting the incoming communication request if the incoming communication request associated with the emergency contact identifier is not received during the time period, determining whether an override blocking function is initiated; and
in response to determining that an override blocking function is initiated, allowing communication with the external transmitter.