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Power management via coordination and selective operation of timer-related tasks

US10375645B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Sudeesh R. Pingili · Sammamish, US
Bharath Siravara · Issaquah, US
Martin Regen · Immenstadt im Allgäu, DE
Ray Brown · Woodinville, US
Justin Mann · Lake Elsinore, US
Stephane Karoubi · Mountain View, US
Li Xu · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2017
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Mobile computing device power consumption can be reduced by using expiration window timers, state-based timers and/or the coordination of keep-alive timers. A mobile computing device can execute tasks associated with multiple keep-alive timers used for maintaining communication links between the device and cloud-based service providers in a single active state. A cloud-based keep-alive service can maintain mobile computing device-service provider communication links by sending one keep-alive communication to a mobile computing device in place of multiple communications. Upon receiving a response, the keep-alive surface can send a plurality of keep-alive communications to a plurality of cloud-based service providers.

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