Interactively cooperative mobile communication device power management

摘要

Mobile communication devices, like smartphones, cooperatively interact with one another and with a communication provider, like a cellular telephone provider, to manage power usage by the mobile devices, where the communication capabilities of the devices are still retained. For example, for two mobile devices, the first device may be placed into a reduced-power mode, while the second device remains in a non-reduced-power mode. The second device at least partially assumes the communication capability of the first device so that the communication capability of the first device is retained.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining a required amount of power needed by each of a first mobile device and a second mobile device to remain powered for a given activity, the first mobile device and the second mobile device each having a communication capability through a communication provider; determining a first amount of power currently available at the first mobile device and a second amount of power currently available at the second mobile device; and in response to the required amount of power being greater than each of the first amount of power and the second amount of power, and in response to a sum of the first amount of power and the second amount of power being greater than required amount of power,
interactively cooperating, by the first mobile device, the second mobile device, and the communication provider, to manage power usage by the first mobile device and the second mobile device while retaining the communication capability of each of the first mobile device and the second mobile device.