Systems and methods for monitoring and characterizing information handling system use behavior

摘要

Desktop power use behavior may be detected while a portable information handling system or any other type of battery powered information handling, system is operating on external power such as an AC adapter. The desktop power use behavior may be detected by monitoring one or more power usage parameters to detect usage characteristics that indicate a battery powered information handling system is being operated in a manner that is similar to operation of a desktop information handling system. Upon detection of desktop behavior, one or more processing devices of the information handling system may respond by taking one or more desktop use response actions.

主权项

1. An information handling system, comprising:
one or more processing devices; a battery system including one or more battery cells; battery charger circuit coupled to receive current from an external source and to provide current for recharging the battery cells of the battery system; and a system load coupled to selectably receive current from either one of an external power source or the battery system; where the one or more processing devices are configured to:
monitor one or more power usage parameters of the information handling system,detect usage characteristics from the monitored power usage parameters to determine whether or not the information handling system is being operated with a pre-defined desktop power use behavior that is caused by operation of the information handling system on external power from the external power source rather than only power from the battery system, andtake one or more desktop use response actions based on a determination that the detected usage characteristics indicate the information handling system is being operated with the pre-defined desktop power use behavior that is caused by operation of the information handling system on external power from the external power source rather than only power from the battery system; where the one or more monitored power usage parameters comprise the battery system relative state of charge (RSOC); and where the one or more processing devices are configured to take the one or more desktop use response actions only if it is determined that the monitored battery relative state of charge (RSOC) has remained above a threshold minimum RSOC value for a threshold amount of time or threshold fraction of cumulative time.