IP Library Granted Patent US 10,831,256
Granted Patent B2
US 10,831,256 · App. 16/163,279 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Facilitating power conservation for devices based on likelihood of power usage level

Inventors: Stephen Thomas Hardin (Suwanee, GA); Erie Lai Har Lau (Redmond, WA); Brian Greaves (Atlanta, GA); Robert Osterwise (Cumming, GA)
Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
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Patent No.
US 10,831,256
App. No.
16/163,279
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Power conservation for devices is facilitated based on likelihood of power usage level. An example method can comprise determining, by a first device comprising a processor, that a second device is within a defined proximity of a third device, wherein the third device is determined to be operating in a mode according to a first power consumption operation that satisfies a defined condition, and wherein the operating in the mode according to the first power consumption operation is based on the third device being located at a defined location. The method can also comprise facilitating, by the first device, modification of the mode of the third device based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a second power consumption operation by the third device. In various embodiments, the third device is configured to operate according to the power save mode or the extended discontinuous reception mode.

Claims (32)

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a device comprising a processor, that a mobile device is within a first portion of a location and a vehicle is in a second portion of the location; and

after the determining, facilitating, by the device, modification of enhanced discontinuous reception mode of the vehicle based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of an operation by the vehicle associated with a defined power consumption, wherein the operation is associated with a first latency of response time for the vehicle, wherein a current operation of the vehicle is associated with a second latency of response time, and wherein the first latency is greater than the second latency.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation is an increased power consumption operation relative to a current power operation.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the facilitating of the modification of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode comprises facilitating a change to the increased power consumption operation at a time of the determination of the likelihood of usage.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining, by the device, that the mobile device is approaching the vehicle, wherein the determination of the likelihood of usage is based on the determining that the mobile device is within the defined proximity of the vehicle and based on the determining that the mobile device is approaching the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is associated with a user of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle comprises a marine vehicle configured to operate according to power save mode.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle comprises a radio associated with a lock of a stationary structure and the mobile device is associated with a user of the stationary structure.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the device, a duration during which to perform the operation, wherein the determining the duration is based on the location of the device.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining that a mobile device is within a first portion of a location and a vehicle is in a second portion of the location; and

after the determining, facilitating modification of enhanced discontinuous reception mode of the vehicle based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a defined power consumption operation by the vehicle, wherein the defined power consumption operation is associated with a first latency of response time for the vehicle, wherein a current operation of the vehicle is associated with a second latency of response time, and wherein the first latency is greater than the second latency.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the defined power consumption operation is an increased power consumption operation relative to a current power consumption operation.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the facilitating the modification of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode comprises facilitating a change to the increased power consumption operation at a time of the determination of the likelihood of usage.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the location comprises an airport.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the first portion comprises an arrival portion associated with the airport and the second portion comprises a parking portion associated with the airport.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the mobile device is approaching the vehicle, and wherein the determination of the likelihood of usage is based on the determining that the vehicle is within a defined proximity of the mobile device.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the determination of the likelihood of usage is further based on determining that the mobile device is moving toward the vehicle.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining that a first device is within a first portion of a location and a second device is in a second portion of the location;

identifying that the second device is operating in an enhanced discontinuous reception mode of a wireless communication technology; and

based on the determining and the identifying, facilitating modification of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode of the second device based on a determination of a likelihood of usage of a defined power consumption operation by the second device, wherein the defined power consumption operation is associated with a first latency of response time for the vehicle, wherein a current operation of the vehicle is associated with a second latency of response time, and wherein the first latency is greater than the second latency.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the facilitating the modification of the enhanced discontinuous reception mode comprises facilitating an increase to the defined power consumption operation at a time of the determination of the likelihood of usage.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the first device is approaching the second device, wherein the determination of the likelihood of usage is based on the determining that the first device is within the defined proximity of the second device and based on determining that the first device is moving toward the second device.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the location comprises an airport.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2018
From: HARDIN, STEPHEN THOMAS; LAU, ERIE LAI HAR; GREAVES, BRIAN; OSTERWISE, ROBERT
To: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
Reel/Frame 047202/0237 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15055775 · Feb 29, 2016
Related Publication 20190113964A1 · Apr 18, 2019